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Showing words for HOSTAGE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Hostage

hostage

6 Letter Words for Hostage

seahog

5 Letter Words for Hostage

ashet, ashot, ethos, gates, gaths, geast, geats, getah, getas, ghast, ghats, ghest, ghost, goats, gosht, gotha, goths, haste, hates, heast, heats, hoast, hosea, hosta, oaths, osage, oshea, sheat, shoat, shote, soget, stage, stegh, stoae, stoga, theos, those, toeas, togas, toges

4 Letter Words for Hostage

ages, aget, agos, agst, ates, east, eath, eats, egos, etas, eths, gaes, gaet, gash, gast, gate, gath, gats, geat, geos, gest, geta, gets, ghat, goas, goat, goes, gosh, gote, goth, haes, hags, hast, hate, hats, heat, hest, hets, hoas, hoes, hoga, hogs, hose, host, hote, hots, oast, oath, oats, osha, sage, sago, sate, seah, seat, sego, seta, seth, shag, shea, shet, shoe, shog, shot, shtg, soth, stag, steg, stge, stoa, stog, tags, taos, tash, teas, tega, tegs, thae, thea, thos, toea, toes, toga, toge, togs, tosa, tose, tosh

3 Letter Words for Hostage

aes, age, ago, ags, agt, aho, ahs, ase, asg, ash, ast, ate, eas, eat, ego, ehs, eos, est, eta, eth, gas, gat, geo, get, goa, gos, got, gte, hae, hag, hao, has, hat, heo, hes, het, hgt, hoa, hoe, hog, hos, hot, hts, oas, oat, oes, ohs, ose, sag, sah, sao, sat, sea, seg, set, sha, she, sho, sht, sog, sot, sta, stg, tag, tao, tas, tea, teg, tes, tha, the, tho, toa, toe, tog, tos, tsh

Definitions for Hostage

[1] a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
[2] Archaic . a security or pledge.
[3] Obsolete . the condition of a hostage.
[4] to give (someone) as a hostage: He was hostaged to the Indians.
[5] a person given to or held by a person, organization, etc, as a security or pledge or for ransom, release, exchange for prisoners, etc
[6] the state of being held as a hostage
[7] any security or pledge
[8] give hostages to fortune to place oneself in a position in which misfortune may strike through the loss of what one values most

Words related to Hostage

prisoner, captive, victim, scapegoat, pledge, pawn, earnest, token, security, surety, guaranty

Words nearby Hostage

hospodar, host, host computer, host-specific, hosta, hostage, hostel, hostel school, hosteler, hosteller, hostelling

Origin of Hostage

1225–75; Middle English < Old French hostage (h- by association with (h)oste host2), ostage ≪ Vulgar Latin *obsidāticum state of being a hostage < Latin obsid- (stem of obses ) hostage (equivalent to ob- ob- + sid- sit1) + -āticum -age

Other words from Hostage

hos·tage·ship , noun

Word origin for Hostage

C13: from Old French, from hoste guest, host 1

Synonyms for Hostage

captive, prisoner, victim, earnest, guaranty, pawn, pledge, scapegoat, security, surety, token, sacrificial lamb