Definition for Dungeon:

• ( orig.) The principal tower of a castle: a close, dark prison: a cell under ground.

Synonyms for Dungeon:

• n.

  •
  • bell tower,
  • chatelaine,
  • chateau,
  • casbah,
  • castellated,
  • bailey,
  • castle,
  • campanile,
  • battlements,
  • belfry.
  •artifact (noun)
  • dungeon.
  •cell (noun)
  • ante-chambers,
  • re-treat,
  • re-cess,
  • re-treats,
  • re treat,
  • ante-chamber,
  • re treats,
  • re cesses,
  • re cess,
  • ante chambers.
  •donjon (noun)
  • donjon.
  •dungeon (noun)
  • keep.
  •enclosure (noun)
  • region.
  •penal institution (noun)
  • penal colony,
  • prisoner of war camp,
  • prisoner-of-war camp,
  • military prison,
  • penal colonies,
  • house of detention.
  •pokey (noun)
  • pokey.
  •prison (noun)
  • torture chamber,
  • vise,
  • handcuff,
  • gaol,
  • San Quentin,
  • confine,
  • manacle,
  • jug,
  • shackle,
  • pinion,
  • cage,
  • pound,
  • coop,
  • reform school,
  • fence,
  • straight jacket,
  • Alcatraz,
  • bridle,
  • brig,
  • reformatory,
  • harness,
  • collar,
  • irons,
  • tether,
  • pillory,
  • cooler,
  • oubliette.
  •vault (noun)
  • safedeposit box,
  • strong rooms,
  • safe deposit box.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • labor camp,
  • prison camp,
  • correctional facility,
  • concentration camp,
  • gulag,
  • detention center,
  • death camp.
  •
  • boot camp.
  •spire
  • tower.

Paraphrases for Dungeon:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cachot, prison, lock-up.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    tower, stockade.

Dungeon Sentence Examples:

• The officer, who came to release him, was surprised to find him busy in his dungeon over the map of Lombardy.

• He was condemned to the flames, and during the interval which preceded his execution, he comforted his friends by letters of advice, religious consolation and encouragement, which he wrote from his dungeon.

Homophones for Dungeon:

• denizen, denisonia, damson, dominican, demonism, Don Juan, donkin, damascene, duncan, demesne, demiJohn, damkina, dim sum, dynamism, donjon, Dionysian, Dinesen, dimension, Dean Acheson.

Hypernym for Dungeon:

• n.

  • artifact
    oubliette.

Hyponym for Dungeon:

• n.

  • artifact
    jail cell, prison cell, cell.