Thesaurus:capture
THESAURUS | capture |
English
Synonyms
- apprehend (archaic)
- begripe
- capture
- fang (archaic or dialect)
- grasp [WS]
- gripe (archaic)
- lay hold of
- seize
- take hold
Antonyms
- let go
- liberate [WS]
- release
- rescue
- unhand
Hyponyms
- board
- catch
- commandeer
- conquer
- snatch
- take by storm
- take over
- usurp
- —
- apprehend
- attach (obsolete)
- arrest
- bust
- collar
- detain
- nick
- pinch
- roust(slang)
- —
- betrap
- ensnare
- entrap
- snare
- trap
- —
- hook
- lasso
- net
- snare
Hypernyms
- take [WS]
Various
- booty [WS]
Further reading
- “789. taking” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “capture” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.