What is another word for detain?
578 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ d_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_n], [ dɪtˈe͡ɪn], [ dɪtˈeɪn]Table of Contents
Similar words for detain:- arrest (verb)
- bind (verb)
- bog down (verb)
- change (verb)
- confine (verb)
- coop (verb)
- defer (verb)
- delay (verb)
- hinder (verb)
- hold (verb)
- hold, keep back; arrest (verb)
- hold up (verb)
- restrain (verb)
- retain (verb)
- retard (verb)
- run in (verb)
- set back (verb)
- slow (verb)
- stay (verb)
- withhold (verb)
- other synonyms
- bog down
- hold up
- restrain
- retain
- set back
- slow
Definition for Detain:
Synonyms for Detain:
n.
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- lock.
v.
•arrest (verb)- de-tain,
- gloms,
- puts the arm on,
- glommed,
- took prisoner,
- putting arm on,
- puts cuffs on,
- putting the arm on,
- de tains,
- toss jail,
- puts the cuffs on,
- tossed in jail,
- putting cuffs on,
- de tain,
- put cuffs on,
- takes prisoner,
- glomming,
- tost jail,
- tossed jail,
- tost in jail,
- puts arm on,
- de-tains,
- put arm on,
- tossing in jail,
- tossing jail,
- tosses jail,
- putting the cuffs on,
- taking prisoner,
- tosses in jail.
- re-quired,
- re quired,
- pre scribing,
- re quire,
- putting lock on,
- re-quires,
- re-quire,
- re quires,
- pre-scribe,
- puts half nelson on,
- in dentures,
- in-denture,
- pre-scribes,
- pre scribes,
- pre-scribing,
- puts lock on,
- pre-scribed,
- re-quiring,
- pre scribe,
- re quiring,
- putting half nelson on,
- in denture,
- in-dentures,
- re-strict,
- re strict.
- de-limit,
- in terns,
- re-press,
- in tern,
- sending up,
- in-tern,
- de-limiting,
- puts on ice,
- putting lid on,
- de limited,
- cools down,
- de-limited,
- in-terns,
- de limits,
- putting ice,
- putting a lid on,
- puts lid on,
- de limit,
- de-limits,
- re-pressing,
- put ice,
- hog tie,
- re presses,
- re-presses,
- re pressed,
- re press,
- de limiting,
- re pressing,
- putting on ice,
- puts a lid on,
- puts ice.
- shuts in,
- shutting in,
- co oping,
- holding captive,
- held captive,
- puts under lock key,
- co oped,
- holds captive,
- co-oped,
- fencing in,
- put under lock key,
- closes in,
- puts under lock and key,
- holding prisoner,
- co-oping,
- holds prisoner,
- putting under lock key,
- held prisoner,
- putting under lock and key,
- fences in.
- pro longs,
- ex tended,
- hanged fire,
- pro roguing,
- post pone,
- pro-rogues,
- intermits,
- pro tract,
- pro-rogued,
- putting on back burner,
- putting hold,
- ex tends,
- lays over,
- put hold,
- ex tending,
- pro long,
- ex-tends,
- pro-rogue,
- puts on back burner,
- pro-roguing,
- putting back burner,
- pro longing,
- pro-longed,
- gave rain check,
- post-pone,
- ex-tend,
- puts on hold,
- pro-longs,
- puts back burner,
- post-pones,
- sets aside,
- pro rogue,
- post pones,
- gives rain check,
- hung fire,
- ex-tending,
- pro-tract,
- pro-tracts,
- pro-long,
- pro tracts,
- pro rogued,
- puts hold,
- pro-longing,
- put back burner,
- ex tend,
- pro rogues,
- laying over,
- laid over,
- ex-tended,
- giving rain check.
- holds over,
- dis-courage,
- pre-venting,
- bided time,
- pre vents,
- de lays,
- de lay,
- dis courages,
- inter feres,
- dis-courages,
- pre venting,
- inter-feres,
- pre-vent,
- de-laying,
- gained time,
- dis courage,
- inter fere,
- de-lay,
- de laying,
- pre-vents,
- inter-fere,
- gains time,
- dilly dally,
- bode time,
- pre vent,
- gaining time,
- pre-vented,
- de-lays,
- bides time,
- biding time.
- check,
- interrupt,
- bottleneck,
- restrict,
- entangle,
- burden,
- crimp,
- baffle,
- cramp,
- dam,
- hamstring,
- stop,
- frustrate,
- choke,
- constipate,
- foul,
- constrain,
- hinder,
- deter,
- clog,
- entrap,
- hamper,
- block,
- paralyze,
- inhibit,
- bung,
- snag,
- impede,
- jam,
- impair,
- counter,
- curb,
- bar,
- drag,
- congest,
- catch,
- snarl,
- thwart,
- cripple,
- handicap,
- resist,
- complicate,
- tangle,
- oppose,
- plug,
- obstruct,
- fetter,
- brake.
- freezes to,
- freezing to,
- putting a lock on,
- not let goes,
- kept close,
- froze to,
- vising,
- puts a lock on,
- keeping close,
- vised,
- Viseed,
- not let went,
- staid put,
- corks up,
- not let going,
- stays put,
- Viseing,
- stayed put.
- holds fast,
- re-called,
- keeps mind,
- keeps in mind,
- re-call,
- re collected,
- bear mind,
- re-collected,
- holding fast,
- keeping in mind,
- keeping possession,
- re-collecting,
- retro spects,
- keeps possession,
- handed onto,
- keeping mind,
- re collect,
- kept in mind,
- re cognizing,
- re cognize,
- re members,
- re-tain,
- hands onto,
- keep mind,
- retro spect,
- re calls,
- re tain,
- re-calls,
- kept mind,
- re member,
- re-cognized,
- retrospected,
- re membered,
- kept possession,
- clinging to,
- handing onto,
- retro-spect,
- re tains,
- clung to,
- re collects,
- re-members,
- re-member,
- re cognizes,
- re cognized,
- re-calling,
- retro-spects,
- held fast,
- retrospecting,
- re-tains,
- re collecting,
- re-cognizing,
- re calling.
- re-duces,
- de creased,
- re duce,
- brought to screeching halt,
- de creasing,
- brings screeching halt,
- brought screeching halt,
- bringing screeching halt,
- retardating,
- de creases,
- de-creasing,
- de-creases,
- retardated,
- re duces,
- re-duce,
- closes off,
- de-creased,
- chokes off,
- bring screeching halt,
- bringing to screeching halt,
- brings to screeching halt,
- de crease,
- de-crease.
- threw jail,
- throwing in jail,
- throwing jail,
- throws jail,
- threw in jail,
- throws in jail,
- throw jail.
- de-feat,
- embogged,
- embogging,
- embogs,
- de feat,
- re-verse,
- de feats,
- re verse,
- re-versed,
- re versing,
- de-feats.
- reducing speed,
- back waters,
- back watering,
- anchors it,
- back water,
- back-watering,
- hitting brakes,
- hit brakes,
- hitting the brakes,
- letted down flaps,
- back-waters,
- reduces speed,
- re lax,
- back watered,
- anchoring it,
- hits brakes,
- loses steam,
- keeps waiting,
- reduced speed,
- re-lax,
- reining in,
- wound down,
- backwatered,
- lost steam,
- kept waiting,
- winded down,
- lets down flaps,
- lost speed,
- winds down,
- backwatering,
- eases up,
- hits the brakes,
- losing steam,
- keeping waiting,
- loses speed,
- anchored it,
- losing speed,
- back-watered,
- eased off,
- eases off,
- easing up,
- letting down flaps.
- dis-continue,
- dis-continuing,
- dis-continued,
- dis continue,
- dis continued,
- dis continues,
- dis-continues,
- dis continuing.
- dis allowing,
- keeping oneself,
- dis allows,
- keeps to oneself,
- held out on,
- de-duct,
- dis-allows,
- stopt oneself,
- with-hold,
- de-ducting,
- de-ducted,
- holding down,
- holds down,
- keep oneself,
- keeps under ones hat,
- de-ducts,
- holds out on,
- dummies up,
- de ducts,
- kept oneself,
- clams up,
- keeps under hat,
- re-fuse,
- keep under one hat,
- de ducted,
- dis-allowed,
- dummying up,
- re fusing,
- re-fused,
- with-held,
- dis-allow,
- keeping under one hat,
- keeps secret,
- de ducting,
- keeping under one's hat,
- re fused,
- stopped oneself,
- with held,
- dis allow,
- kept under one hat,
- kept under wraps,
- keeps oneself,
- with hold,
- keeps under wraps,
- keeping under hat,
- with holds,
- with-holding,
- stops oneself,
- holding out on,
- keep under ones hat,
- keeps under one hat,
- de duct,
- keeping under wraps,
- stopping oneself,
- with holding,
- kept to oneself,
- with-holds,
- keeping secret,
- keep under hat,
- dis allowed,
- re fuses,
- re fuse,
- kept under hat,
- dis-allowing,
- kept under ones hat,
- keeping under ones hat,
- kept under one's hat,
- keeps under one's hat.
Other synonyms:
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- commit.
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- stall.
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- throw.
- slow down,
- slowed up,
- impeded,
- slackens,
- slow up,
- hang up,
- slowed down,
- Sank,
- Slackened,
- slackening.
- pulling back,
- pinions,
- keep down,
- Pinioning,
- Manacling,
- sitting on,
- sit on,
- tied down,
- keep in line,
- tie down,
- choke back,
- corked,
- pinioned,
- pulls back,
- pull back,
- Harnessing,
- pinion,
- kept down,
- crack down,
- tying down,
- Manacled,
- box up,
- corking,
- pulled back,
- ties down.
Paraphrases for Detain:
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Equivalence
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Verb, base form
incarcerate, imprison.
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Verb, base form
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
detainee.
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Proper noun, singular
detains.
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Noun, singular or mass
Detainment, detainee.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
custodial.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
arrests.
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Verb, base form
lay, withhold, restrain, immobilize, confiscate, deter, delay, contain, cease, sustain, stem, discontinue.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
arresting.
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Noun, singular or mass
arresting.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
apprehends.
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Verb, base form
apprehend.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Detain:
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v.
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v. t.
Detain Sentence Examples:
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I needn't detain you any longer.
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This judge, led away by appearances, and on the declaration of the rich citizen, condemned the poor Kaskas to the bastinado, and to imprisonment as long as his accuser should be pleased to detain him in custody.
Homophones for Detain:
- dioon, dominie, deny, dodoma, domino, diwan, doyen, dana, down, daytime, dittany, dna, dominee, Duomo, dionaea, dynamo, daimon, don, donnean, dayan, dyne, dim, dahomey, dine, dame, diamine, Dona, diam, den, dama, doom, diadem, downy, Dodonaea, damon, dam, domain name, dm, denim, dudeen, demean, donee, diodon, damn, dun, dean, dummy, danaea, done, domain, diana, donnian, duenna, dominion, downy haw, dietitian, duodenum, dime, datum, diatom, donne, demon, din, daemon, doyenne, deaden, domine, didion, dead-on, demo, dawn, dine in, donna, dome, dune, danau, do in, deweyan, Dahna, dane, detainee, dayton, die down, deem, danu.
Hypernym for Detain:
v.