<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a prisoner.</li><li>a person who is enslaved or dominated: He is the captive of his own fears.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>made or held prisoner, especially in war: captive troops.</li><li>kept in confinement or restraint: captive animals.</li><li>enslaved by love, beauty, etc.; captivated: her captive beau.</li><li>of or relating to a captive.</li><li>managed as an affiliate or subsidiary of a corporation and operated almost exclusively for the use or needs of the parent corporation rather than independently for the general public: a captive shop; a captive mine.</li></ul>