Synonyms for Detain:

• n.

  •
  • attend,
  • bring back,
  • anaesthetize,
  • cauterize,
  • catheterize,
  • bandage,
  • bleed,
  • anesthetize,
  • bypass.
  •
  • lock.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • action,
  • obstruction,
  • reduction.

• 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.
  •bind (verb)
  • 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.
  •bog down (verb)
  • hanged up,
  • hangs up,
  • slows down,
  • slowing up,
  • slowing down,
  • slows up,
  • hanging up.
  •change (verb)
  • detain.
  •confine (verb)
  • 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.
  •coop (verb)
  • 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.
  •defer (verb)
  • 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.
  •delay (verb)
  • 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.
  •hinder (verb)
  • 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.
  •hold (verb)
  • 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.
  •hold, keep back; arrest (verb)
  • buttonhole,
  • decelerate,
  • reserve,
  • apprehend,
  • set back.
  •hold up (verb)
  • holds off.
  •imprison (verb)
  • hold custody,
  • keeping in custody,
  • holding hostage,
  • putting behind bars,
  • holds in custody,
  • holds custody,
  • kept custody,
  • sends to prison,
  • rails in,
  • puts behind bars,
  • kept in custody,
  • send prison,
  • railed in,
  • keeps custody,
  • bastilled,
  • keeping custody,
  • bastilling,
  • keep custody,
  • keeps in custody,
  • sends prison,
  • sending prison,
  • sending to prison,
  • railing in,
  • held in custody,
  • holding custody,
  • locks in,
  • sent prison,
  • held custody,
  • holding in custody,
  • keeps captive,
  • sent to prison,
  • kept captive,
  • keeping captive,
  • holds hostage,
  • held hostage.
  •incarcerate (verb)
  • throwing book at,
  • throws book at,
  • coops up,
  • sends river,
  • sending the river,
  • sent up river,
  • cooping up,
  • sends up river,
  • send river,
  • sending river,
  • sent river,
  • sent up the river,
  • sent the river,
  • sends the river,
  • send the river,
  • sends up the river,
  • threw book at,
  • sending up river,
  • takes away,
  • send up river.
  •jail (verb)
  • threw in dungeon,
  • threw the book at,
  • throws dungeon,
  • throws the book at,
  • threw dungeon,
  • throwing away the keys,
  • threw away keys,
  • throw away keys,
  • throws away keys,
  • throwing the book at,
  • throwing away keys,
  • threw away the keys,
  • throwing dungeon,
  • throwing in dungeon,
  • throws away the keys,
  • throw dungeon,
  • throws in dungeon.
  •keep (verb)
  • pre serve,
  • re serving,
  • de-positing,
  • pre-serve,
  • traded in,
  • re-serve,
  • re-served,
  • dealt in,
  • de-posit,
  • de-posited,
  • de posit,
  • re-serves,
  • trades in,
  • de positing,
  • re served,
  • de posits,
  • pre-serves,
  • pre serving,
  • pre served,
  • trading in,
  • re-serving,
  • re serve,
  • pre serves,
  • de-posits,
  • de posited,
  • pre-served,
  • pre-serving.
  •nab (verb)
  • take in to custody.
  •nail (verb)
  • prehends,
  • prehending.
  •restrain (verb)
  • collar,
  • control,
  • leash,
  • tether,
  • bridle,
  • shackle,
  • constrict.
  •retain (verb)
  • 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.
  •retard (verb)
  • 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.
  •run in (verb)
  • threw jail,
  • throwing in jail,
  • throwing jail,
  • throws jail,
  • threw in jail,
  • throws in jail,
  • throw jail.
  •set back (verb)
  • de-feat,
  • embogged,
  • embogging,
  • embogs,
  • de feat,
  • re-verse,
  • de feats,
  • re verse,
  • re-versed,
  • re versing,
  • de-feats.
  •slow (verb)
  • 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.
  •stay (verb)
  • dis-continue,
  • dis-continuing,
  • dis-continued,
  • dis continue,
  • dis continued,
  • dis continues,
  • dis-continues,
  • dis continuing.
  •withhold (verb)
  • 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:

  •
  • wall up,
  • send down.
  •
  • intern,
  • institutionalize,
  • sidetrack,
  • set-back,
  • immure,
  • committal.
  •
  • lock away,
  • put away,
  • take down,
  • lag,
  • bang up.
  •
  • commit.
  •
  • stall.
  •
  • throw.
  •bog down
  • slow down,
  • slowed up,
  • impeded,
  • slackens,
  • slow up,
  • hang up,
  • slowed down,
  • Sank,
  • Slackened,
  • slackening.
  •hold up
  • hold off,
  • held up.
  •imprison
  • occlude,
  • put behind bars,
  • bastilles,
  • Stockading,
  • Stockaded,
  • rail in,
  • locking in,
  • send to prison,
  • Closeting,
  • locked in,
  • bastille,
  • keep in custody,
  • hold hostage,
  • lock in,
  • closeted,
  • keep captive,
  • imprisoned,
  • hold in custody.
  •isolate
  • quarantine.
  •Other relevant words:
  • imprison,
  • Bogging,
  • clamming up,
  • take away,
  • choked off,
  • send up,
  • delay,
  • put off,
  • hold,
  • palm,
  • palms,
  • copping,
  • downing,
  • dealing in,
  • pulling,
  • clammed up,
  • downed,
  • keep,
  • put on hold,
  • put lock on,
  • cool down,
  • cared for,
  • gaffs,
  • pull in,
  • glom,
  • picked up,
  • prorogue,
  • keep back,
  • tabbed,
  • Shelving,
  • closed in,
  • throw book at,
  • incarcerate,
  • indenture,
  • mire,
  • kept back,
  • railroading,
  • retardate,
  • protract,
  • closed off,
  • hang fire,
  • slow,
  • put half nelson on,
  • hem in,
  • put lid on,
  • prehend,
  • Intermitted,
  • withholds,
  • dummy up,
  • gain time,
  • filibustered,
  • keep to oneself,
  • Gaffing,
  • dummied up,
  • Remanding,
  • pick up,
  • railroaded,
  • put a lock on,
  • Remanded,
  • held over,
  • interned,
  • fenced in,
  • Downs,
  • railroad,
  • fence in,
  • trade in,
  • pinch,
  • withhold,
  • bind,
  • Copped,
  • hogtie,
  • choke off,
  • search,
  • put the cuffs on,
  • clam up,
  • taking away,
  • cares for,
  • sends up,
  • kept secret,
  • intermit,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • freeze to,
  • iced,
  • retardates,
  • hanging fire,
  • nail,
  • Prisoned,
  • Palmed,
  • prehended,
  • close in,
  • held down,
  • locked up,
  • bide time,
  • restrain,
  • take prisoner,
  • withheld,
  • kept out,
  • Bogged,
  • keeping out,
  • throw in dungeon,
  • hold prisoner,
  • put under lock and key,
  • give rain check,
  • put on ice,
  • staying put,
  • interning,
  • stay,
  • hold down,
  • hold out on,
  • defer,
  • stop oneself,
  • retard,
  • keep under one's hat,
  • coop up,
  • throw the book at,
  • Prolonging,
  • cooling down,
  • shut in,
  • encumbered,
  • locks up,
  • remands,
  • keeping back,
  • ice,
  • prorogues,
  • keeps out,
  • throw away the keys,
  • took away,
  • run in,
  • stay put,
  • Intermitting,
  • Loitered,
  • Indenturing,
  • sending up the river,
  • keeps close,
  • bog down,
  • gaff,
  • not let go,
  • closing off,
  • ward off,
  • Proroguing,
  • nick,
  • Incarcerated,
  • corking up,
  • arrest,
  • jail,
  • close off,
  • putting on hold,
  • bust,
  • keep under wraps,
  • care for,
  • hangs fire,
  • tabbing,
  • holds back,
  • cooped up,
  • choking off,
  • Filibustering,
  • encumber,
  • toss in jail,
  • lock up,
  • put a lid on,
  • locking up,
  • set aside,
  • hinders,
  • deals in,
  • deal in,
  • hold over,
  • throw in jail,
  • send up the river,
  • cooled down,
  • cork up,
  • nab,
  • corked up,
  • sent up,
  • coop,
  • necessitate,
  • Gaffed,
  • Prisoning,
  • keep close,
  • sentences,
  • keeping to oneself,
  • confine,
  • remand,
  • Remitted,
  • Prorogued,
  • hold captive,
  • keep secret,
  • setting aside,
  • keep out,
  • keeps back,
  • put on back burner,
  • lay over,
  • Palming,
  • hold up,
  • searches,
  • closing in,
  • put the arm on.
  •restrain
  • 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.
  •retain
  • retain,
  • keep possession,
  • cling to,
  • hand onto,
  • Husbanded,
  • clings to,
  • keep in mind,
  • Husbanding,
  • Re-collect,
  • hold fast.
  •set back
  • embog.
  •slow
  • backwaters,
  • eased up,
  • stunting,
  • keep waiting,
  • easing off,
  • wind down,
  • ease off,
  • lose steam,
  • reins in,
  • reined in,
  • hit the brakes,
  • rein in,
  • Reefed,
  • Reefing,
  • lose speed,
  • backwater,
  • ease up,
  • winding down,
  • let down flaps,
  • Back-water,
  • reduce speed.

Paraphrases for Detain:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    apprehend, Detaining, Detained.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Detaining, Detained.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    apprehend, Detaining, Detained.
  • Verb, base form
    incarcerate, imprison.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    detainee.
  • Proper noun, singular
    detains.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Detainment, detainee.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    custodial.
  • Proper noun, singular
    jails, arresting, arrests.
  • Verb, past tense
    suspended, stopped, Ceased, halted, halts, Paused, kept, arrests.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    arrests.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, withhold, restrain, immobilize, confiscate, deter, delay, contain, cease, sustain, stem, discontinue.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    arresting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    arresting.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    apprehends.
  • Verb, base form
    apprehend.

Antonyms for Detain:

• v.

  • hold, keep back; arrest
    release, forward, allow, offer, permit, help, give, liberate, advance, facilitate, aid, let go, push, free, assist.

• v. t.

  • Other antonyms:
    discharge, dismiss, set free.

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.

  • social
    gaol, incarcerate, lag, cage in, keep in, straiten, keep, imprison, jug, put behind bars, immure, pin down, put away, intern, remand, bind over, cage, trap, jail.

Hyponym for Detain:

• v.

  • change
    check, delay, retard.