Synonyms of trapped

trapped 1 of 2

adjective

as in bound

Related Words

• bound
• enslaved
• confined
• ensnared
• kidnapped
• captured
• imprisoned
• indentured
• abducted
• arrested
• captive
• caught
• incarcerated
• occupied
• subjugated
• subdued
• jailed
• apprehended
• interned

Dissimilar Words

• free
• unrestrained
• unconfined
• released
• liberated
• freed
• delivered
• emancipated
• paroled
• enfranchised

trapped

2 of 2

verb

past tense of trap

1

as in tangled

to catch or hold as if in a net

an ambitious young man who was now trapped in a series of shady business deals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tangled
• entrapped
• ensnared
• enmeshed
• snared
• entangled
• meshed
• involved
• captured
• ensnarled
• netted
• entoiled
• caught up
• implicated
• collared
• embroiled
• mired
• birdlimed
• bagged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• detached
• disengaged
• freed
• liberated
• disentangled
• cleared
• untangled
• extricated

2

as in grabbed

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly

finally trapped the annoying fly in the palm of his hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grabbed
• caught
• captured
• snatched
• seized
• landed
• got
• snared
• snagged
• hooked
• corralled
• grappled
• nabbed
• snapped (up)
• collared
• netted
• rapped
• nailed
• bagged
• took hold (of)
• copped
• arrested
• nobbled
• glommed
• clutched
• grasped
• held
• apprehended
• detained
• kidnapped
• roped
• entrapped
• cornered
• gripped
• secured
• gloved
• ensnared
• enmeshed
• abducted
• lassoed
• entangled
• clasped
• fastened (on)
• fisted
• rent
• latched (on or onto)
• meshed
• haltered
• wrested
• bayed
• spirited (away or off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• released
• discharged
• freed
• liberated
• dropped
• loosened
• unhanded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trapped

Adjective

Less commonly, children gain access to a car on their own and become trapped, or in some cases they are intentionally left. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026

Check the bathroom vanity and mattress for spaces where a cat or kitten could crawl in and become trapped. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2026

Survival is still possible after that point, but the chances generally decline the longer victims remain trapped. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

In a flat pinball machine, a ball could stay trapped bouncing between three bumpers forever. — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026

Responders treated the first patient while other crews worked to free the trapped person. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Five years after everyone first became trapped inside, one of the aquatic creatures breaks into the Delgado family’s home. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026

Silicone doesn’t break-down in water and adheres to pipe walls along with trapped hair to create particularly tenacious blockages, according to Gonzalez. — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026

One of the ride’s most dramatic moments came when Gianni, ridden by Jennifer Fisher of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, became trapped among boulders in the Granite Chief Wilderness. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Verb

Both helicopter pilots were initially trapped, but one of them was able to push out a window and get both of them out, Bivens disclosed. — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Bivens said the two pilots were initially trapped inside the helicopter. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

People were also trapped in two residential buildings and a school shelter. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Both the killing of Rajab and her family, trapped in a vehicle and pleading for help by phone in February 2024, and the killing of 15 medics in May 2025 drew international outcry. — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Lasting solutions have been trapped in politics, thereby delaying and undercutting an adequate response. — Samhita M Ilango, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Local residents even helped rescue one of the young falcons using a bucket and a towel in late June when it was trapped in the Fox River. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

More G-men arrive as the three find their way outside, and our heroes appear to be trapped until an unlikely ally rolls up in a minivan, urging them to get in. — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026

Sometimes, an object moving chaotically can become trapped into following a fractal-like path forever. — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026