abduction

The word “abduction” has 3 syllables: ab-duc-tion

It's pronounced as /əbˈdʌkʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for abduction?

In the thesaurus, “abduction” has 11 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for abduction along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abduction

Meanings of abduction

  • noun
    1. Leading away; a carrying away.
    2. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
    3. A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
    4. The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.

Example Sentences

  • The community was shaken by the news of the child abduction that occurred in broad daylight.
  • The detective tirelessly worked to unravel the mystery surrounding the mysterious abduction of a prominent businessman.
  • Witnesses provided crucial information that helped the police in their investigation of the recent abduction case.
  • The international organization focused on raising awareness about human rights violations, including instances of forced abduction.
  • The thriller novel's plot centered around the suspenseful search for a young woman following her sudden abduction.

On this page you'll find 11 synonyms or another words to abduction, such as: appropriation, highjacking, hijacking, impressment, kidnaping, kidnapping, rape.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

banditries

  • abductions
  • black marketeerings
  • burglaries
  • carjackings
  • despoilments
  • despoliations
  • embezzlements
  • grafts
  • highjackings
  • hijackings
  • housebreakings
  • kidnapings
  • kidnappings
  • larcenies
  • misapplications
  • misappropriations
  • peculations
  • petit larcenies
  • petty larcenies
  • pilferages
  • pillages
  • piracies
  • rapines
  • robberies
  • spoliations
  • thefts
  • thieveries

banditry

  • abduction
  • armed robbery
  • black marketeering
  • burglary
  • carjacking
  • despoilment
  • despoliation
  • embezzlement
  • embezzling
  • filching
  • gouge
  • graft
  • highjacking
  • hijacking
  • holdup
  • housebreaking
  • kidnaping
  • kidnapping
  • looting
  • misapplication
  • misappropriation
  • peculation
  • petit larceny
  • petty larceny
  • pilferage
  • pilfering
  • pillage
  • piracy
  • plundering
  • poaching
  • purloining
  • rapine
  • ripoff
  • rustling
  • shanghaiing
  • shoplifting
  • smuggling
  • spoliation

gaining

  • abduction
  • accelerating
  • accepting
  • accomplishing
  • accretion
  • accruing
  • accumulating
  • achievement
  • achieving
  • acknowledgment
  • acquiescence
  • acquirement
  • acquiring
  • acquisition
  • addition
  • admission
  • advancing
  • advantageous
  • affluent
  • afloat
  • afoot
  • agreement
  • alive
  • alluring
  • amassing
  • annexing
  • appreciating
  • apprehension
  • approaching
  • appropriating
  • appropriation
  • approval
  • arete
  • arguing
  • arrest
  • arrival
  • assent
  • assimilating
  • attaining
  • attainment
  • attracting
  • auspicious
  • bag
  • bagging
  • ballooning
  • beating
  • beguiling
  • blandishing
  • blarneying
  • blessed
  • blowing up
  • booming
  • boosting
  • born with a silver spoon
  • bourgeoning
  • brainwashing
  • bright
  • bringing
  • bringing around
  • bringing in
  • building up
  • bulking
  • burgeoning
  • bust
  • buy
  • cajoling
  • capturing
  • carrying
  • catch
  • catching
  • chalking up
  • charmed
  • chewing over
  • clearing
  • climbing
  • clutching
  • coaxing
  • collar
  • coming around
  • coming back
  • coming by
  • coming round
  • coming to
  • commandeering
  • completion
  • compliance
  • confiscating
  • confiscation
  • consent
  • continuing
  • convalescing
  • convenient
  • conversing
  • converting
  • convincing
  • cooperation
  • crescendoing
  • cresting
  • debating
  • discussing
  • disputing
  • distending
  • drawing
  • drop
  • earning
  • elevating
  • encouraging
  • enhancing
  • enlarging
  • enriching
  • ensnaring
  • enticing
  • entreating
  • equaling
  • equalling
  • escalating
  • excelling
  • exciting
  • exhorting
  • expanding
  • extending
  • fall
  • fast-talking
  • favorable
  • favored
  • feat
  • felicitous
  • finish
  • flourishing
  • fortuitous
  • fulfillment
  • functioning
  • gain
  • garnering
  • gathering
  • get a break
  • getting
  • go ahead
  • going
  • golden
  • grab
  • grasping
  • green light
  • grossing
  • happening
  • happy
  • healing
  • healthy
  • heightening
  • helpful
  • hit the jackpot
  • hitting
  • hook
  • hopeful
  • imprisonment
  • improving
  • in luck
  • in the gravy
  • inclining
  • increasing
  • inducing
  • inflating
  • influencing
  • inheriting
  • intensifying
  • interesting
  • jumping
  • knock off
  • knocking down
  • landing
  • laying hold of
  • leading on
  • learning
  • logging
  • lucky
  • luring
  • making
  • mastering
  • matching
  • maximizing
  • meeting
  • mending
  • mooting
  • mounting
  • moving
  • multiplying
  • mushrooming
  • nab
  • nail
  • netting
  • nod
  • obtaining
  • obtainment
  • occupation
  • occupying
  • okay
  • on a roll
  • ongoing
  • operating
  • opportune
  • outdoing
  • overcoming
  • overpersuading
  • peaking
  • permission
  • persuading
  • pick up
  • picking up
  • pinch
  • possession
  • prize
  • proceeding
  • procuration
  • procurement
  • procuring
  • profitable
  • proliferating
  • promising
  • prompting
  • property
  • propitious
  • prosperous
  • providential
  • pull
  • pulling down
  • pulling round
  • pulling through
  • purchase
  • pursuing
  • pursuit
  • racking up
  • rallying
  • reaching
  • reacquiring
  • realization
  • realizing
  • reaping
  • reattaining
  • recapturing
  • receipt
  • receiving
  • reception
  • recognition
  • recouping
  • recovering
  • recovery
  • recruiting
  • recuperating
  • redoubling
  • regaining
  • remaking
  • retrieval
  • reviving
  • ringing up
  • rising
  • rivaling
  • rivalling
  • rocketing
  • rolling up
  • rosy
  • run-in
  • salvage
  • satisfying
  • scoring
  • securing
  • seducing
  • seizing
  • seizure
  • selling
  • sitting pretty
  • skyrocketing
  • snapping back
  • snatching
  • snowballing
  • snowing
  • spreading
  • stepping up
  • stimulating
  • succeeding
  • successful
  • sunny side
  • surging
  • surpassing
  • surviving
  • swaying
  • sweep
  • swelling
  • taking
  • taking captive
  • taking in
  • taking into custody
  • taking on
  • taking over
  • tempting
  • thriving
  • tieing
  • timely
  • topping
  • touching
  • trapping
  • trip
  • triumphant
  • tying
  • undertaking
  • urging
  • victorious
  • waxing
  • wealthy
  • well-off
  • well-to-do
  • wheedling
  • winning
  • working
  • yes

kidnaping

kidnapings


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