ransomed

The word “ransomed” has 2 syllables: ran-somed

It's pronounced as /ˈræn.səmd/


What is synonym and antonym for ransomed?

In the thesaurus, “ransomed” has 14 synonyms.

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


Synonyms for ransomed

  • bailed
  • bought
  • delivered
  • emancipated
  • got back
  • liberated
  • recovered
  • redeemed
  • regained
  • released
  • rescued
  • retrieved
  • salvaged
  • saved

Meanings of ransomed

  • verb
    1. (14th century) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
    2. To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
    3. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.

Example Sentences

  • The police managed to negotiate a deal after the victim was ransomed for a significant sum.
  • In the movie, the main character was ransomed by a notorious criminal organization.
  • The wealthy family feared that their child would be ransomed and took precautions to ensure their safety.
  • After being ransomed, the hostages were finally released unharmed.
  • The hacker ransomed the company's sensitive data, demanding payment in cryptocurrency.

On this page you'll find 14 synonyms or another words to ransomed, such as: bailed, bought, delivered, emancipated, got back, liberated, recovered.

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

Related Words

unchained

paroled

  • delivered
  • discharged
  • disembarrassed
  • disencumbered
  • disengaged
  • disentangled
  • disenthraled
  • disenthralled
  • emancipated
  • enfranchised
  • enlarged
  • extricated
  • free
  • freed
  • liberated
  • loosed
  • loosened
  • manumitted
  • ransomed
  • redeemed
  • released
  • rescued
  • saved
  • sprang
  • sprung
  • unbound
  • uncaged
  • unchained
  • unconfined
  • unfettered
  • unrestrained
  • unshackled

enlarged

  • accelerated
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  • blew up
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  • caricatured
  • climbed
  • collected
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  • crested
  • delivered
  • developed
  • dilated
  • discharged
  • disembarrassed
  • disencumbered
  • disengaged
  • disentangled
  • disenthraled
  • disenthralled
  • distended
  • drew out
  • elaborated
  • elongated
  • emancipated
  • embellished
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  • enfranchised
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  • filled out
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  • overstated
  • overweening
  • padded
  • parlayed
  • paroled
  • peaked
  • preposterous
  • proliferated
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  • pumped up
  • raised
  • ransomed
  • redeemed
  • redoubled
  • reenforced
  • reinforced
  • released
  • rescued
  • rocketed
  • rolled up
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  • skyrocketed
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  • tumid
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  • turned loose
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  • uncaged
  • unchained
  • unfettered
  • unreal
  • unrealistic
  • unreasonable
  • unshackled
  • upped
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uncaged

unbound

  • absolved
  • apart
  • asunder
  • at large
  • at liberty
  • baggy
  • beat the rap
  • boring
  • boundless
  • ceaseless
  • clear
  • cleared
  • constant
  • continuous
  • day-and-night
  • delivered
  • detached
  • discharged
  • disconnected
  • disembarrassed
  • disencumbered
  • disengaged
  • disentangled
  • disenthraled
  • disenthralled
  • dragged out
  • dull
  • easy
  • emancipated
  • endless
  • enfranchised
  • enlarged
  • escaped
  • eternal
  • everlasting
  • excepted
  • excluded
  • excused
  • extricated
  • favored
  • flabby
  • flaccid
  • floating
  • footloose
  • free
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  • hanging
  • immeasurable
  • immune
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  • insecure
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  • lax
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  • liberated
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  • limp
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  • long-winded
  • looped
  • loose
  • loosed
  • loosened
  • manumitted
  • movable
  • never-ending
  • no end of
  • no end to
  • not fitting
  • not liable
  • not responsible
  • not subject
  • off the hook
  • on a treadmill
  • on the loose
  • outside
  • paroled
  • permanent
  • perpetual
  • privileged
  • protracted
  • ransomed
  • raveled
  • ravelled
  • redeemed
  • relaxed
  • released
  • rescued
  • saved
  • separate
  • set apart
  • slack
  • slackened
  • sloppy
  • spared
  • special
  • sprang
  • sprung
  • spun out
  • strung-out
  • timeless
  • turned loose
  • unanchored
  • unattached
  • unbolted
  • unbraided
  • unbuttoned
  • uncaged
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  • unrestrained
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  • unsecured
  • unshackled
  • unsnarled
  • untangled
  • untied
  • unwound
  • void of
  • walked
  • wearisome
  • wobbly

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