Synonyms for Detainment:

• n.

  •
  • help,
  • holdup,
  • time,
  • lag,
  • delay.
  •custody (noun)
  • retention.
  •delay (noun)
  • postponement.
  •detention (noun)
  • custody,
  • hold,
  • imprisonment,
  • holding,
  • confinement.
  •restraint (noun)
  • shackle,
  • hindrance,
  • constriction,
  • control,
  • restriction,
  • restraint,
  • leash,
  • bridle,
  • bondage,
  • impediment,
  • inhibition,
  • blockage,
  • stricture,
  • collar,
  • constraint,
  • tether.
  •retardation (noun)
  • cunctations,
  • cooling-off periods,
  • loiterings,
  • pro-rogations,
  • coolingoff period,
  • re missions,
  • cooling off period,
  • lingerings,
  • pro-rogation,
  • prorogations,
  • coolingoff periods,
  • re-mission,
  • sur ceases,
  • demurrals,
  • retardments,
  • hold ups,
  • sur-cease,
  • tieup,
  • dis-continuation,
  • putting offs,
  • sur cease,
  • sur-ceases,
  • re-missions,
  • pro rogations,
  • dawdlings,
  • pro rogation,
  • re mission,
  • dis continuations,
  • tarryings,
  • cooling off periods,
  • dis-continuations,
  • dis continuation,
  • showstoppers.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • apprehension,
  • commitment,
  • fixation,
  • check,
  • interference,
  • keeping,
  • lockup,
  • grip,
  • nuisance value,
  • committal,
  • seizure,
  • clutch,
  • Detainer,
  • captivity,
  • squeeze,
  • grasp,
  • withholding,
  • keep,
  • limbo,
  • setback,
  • arrest,
  • suppression,
  • appreciation,
  • clutches,
  • locking up,
  • prison,
  • stranglehold,
  • opposition,
  • occlusion,
  • interruption,
  • closure,
  • Hampering,
  • attachment,
  • deterrent,
  • incarceration,
  • repression,
  • Detaining,
  • Holdback,
  • handle,
  • wait,
  • obstruction,
  • negativism,
  • let,
  • blockade,
  • resistance,
  • detentions,
  • foot-dragging,
  • duress,
  • cramp.

Paraphrases for Detainment:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    detention, custody.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    confinement, detain.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    internment, apprehension, remand, possession.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    imprisonment, incarceration, arrest.

Antonyms for Detainment:

• n.

  • detention
    freedom, release, liberation, liberty.

Homophones for Detainment:

• daunted, dine out, detente, downwind, demantoid, dim-witted, de-iodinate, demented, doomed, done with, diamante, dante, dmd, day in and day out, diatomite, denominate, down-and-out, daunt, dominated, diamonte, diamond, dimout, dead end, deaminate, dandy, dominion day, demote, denouement, dementia, de-ionate, dynamite, dominate, deadened, diodontidae, dead hand, dimmed, dentate, day in day out, detent, demand, donate, donated, damned, dead-end, dimwit, diminuendo, demimonde, demode, dainty, donut, domed, dinette, dint, danaidae, diomedeidae, dimity, dominant, detonate, danaid, dented, denote, dent, denudate, denude, denuded.