Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > P Synonyms of prisoner of war Find synonyms for: Noun1. prisoner of war, POW, prisoner, captiveusage: a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of warWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: perambulate Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language