kidnapping

The word “kidnapping” has 3 syllables: kid-nap-ping

It's pronounced as /ˈkɪdˌnæpɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for kidnapping?

In the thesaurus, “kidnapping” has 24 synonyms and 6 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for kidnapping along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for kidnapping

Antonyms for kidnapping

  • delivering
  • ransoming
  • redeeming
  • rescuing
  • restoring
  • returning

Meanings of kidnapping

  • verb
    1. To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom.
  • noun
    1. The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

Example Sentences

  • The authorities launched a major investigation into the recent kidnapping case.
  • She was terrified during the kidnapping ordeal, but her bravery helped her escape.
  • The documentary explored the psychological effects of kidnapping on victims and their families.
  • Many movies depict kidnapping as a thrilling plot twist, but it's a serious crime in real life.
  • After years of advocacy, new laws were enacted to address the rising incidents of kidnapping.

On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kidnapping, such as: abducting, abduction, capturing, catching, copping, crimping, delivering.

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

Related Words

abducting

abduction

abductions

bagging

  • abandoning
  • abducting
  • accomplishing
  • accumulating
  • achieving
  • acquiring
  • amassing
  • annexing
  • apprehending
  • approaching
  • arresting
  • attaining
  • ballooning
  • baying
  • beating
  • beetling
  • bellying
  • billowing
  • blowing up
  • bringing in
  • bulging
  • bunching
  • capturing
  • carrying
  • catching
  • chalking up
  • chucking
  • clasping
  • clearing
  • clutching
  • collaring
  • coming by
  • copping
  • cornering
  • corralling
  • detaining
  • dilating
  • distending
  • doming
  • drawing
  • earning
  • elongating
  • enmeshing
  • ensnaring
  • entangling
  • entrapping
  • equaling
  • equalling
  • excelling
  • expanding
  • extending
  • fisting
  • gaining
  • garnering
  • getting
  • giving notice
  • glomming
  • gloving
  • grabbing
  • grappling
  • grasping
  • gripping
  • grossing
  • haltering
  • hitting
  • holding
  • hooking
  • immeshing
  • inflating
  • jutting
  • kidnaping
  • kidnapping
  • knocking down
  • landing
  • lassoing
  • leaving
  • lengthening
  • logging
  • making
  • matching
  • meeting
  • meshing
  • mushrooming
  • nabbing
  • nailing
  • netting
  • nobbling
  • obtaining
  • occupying
  • outdoing
  • overhanging
  • picking up
  • poking
  • pooching
  • pouching
  • pouting
  • procuring
  • projecting
  • protruding
  • pulling down
  • quitting
  • racking up
  • rapping
  • reacquiring
  • realizing
  • reaping
  • reattaining
  • recapturing
  • regaining
  • remaking
  • rending
  • ringing up
  • rivaling
  • rivalling
  • roping
  • scoring
  • securing
  • seizing
  • snagging
  • snaring
  • snatching
  • snowballing
  • standing out
  • starting
  • sticking out
  • stretching
  • surpassing
  • swelling
  • taking over
  • throwing up
  • tieing
  • topping
  • touching
  • trapping
  • tying
  • vacating
  • winning
  • wresting

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

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