Definition for Gallows:

• A wretch who deserves the gallows.

Synonyms for Gallows:

• n.

  •
  • death row,
  • death warrant,
  • capital punishment,
  • death sentence,
  • the chair,
  • the death penalty,
  • crucifixion,
  • execute,
  • behead.
  •artifact (noun)
  • gallows.
  •gallous (noun)
  • gallous.
  •gallows (noun)
  • hanging,
  • rope,
  • noose,
  • Potence,
  • gibbet,
  • scaffold,
  • gallowstree.
  •gibbet (noun)
  • tree,
  • drop,
  • Tyburn Tree,
  • yardarm,
  • halter.
  •penalty (noun)
  • punishment.
  •punishment (noun)
  • mulct,
  • abuse,
  • chastisement,
  • castigation,
  • just desserts,
  • short shrift,
  • maltreatment,
  • retribution,
  • sequestration,
  • deprivation,
  • torture,
  • punitive measure,
  • victimization,
  • pain,
  • correction,
  • amercement,
  • confiscation,
  • beating,
  • unhappiness,
  • what for,
  • LUMPS,
  • mortification,
  • trial,
  • proof,
  • chastening,
  • sanction,
  • rough treatment,
  • forfeiture,
  • disciplinary action,
  • purgatory,
  • suffering,
  • rod,
  • reparation,
  • discipline,
  • ostracism,
  • forfeit,
  • hard work,
  • infliction,
  • punitive measures,
  • comeuppance,
  • slave labor,
  • penance.
  •punishment device (noun)
  • block,
  • thumbscrew,
  • cowhide,
  • pillory,
  • stake,
  • whipping post,
  • iron,
  • truncheon,
  • birch rod,
  • solitary confinement,
  • captivity,
  • stocks,
  • rack,
  • strap,
  • guillotine,
  • gas chamber,
  • lash,
  • prison,
  • maiden,
  • thong,
  • torture chamber,
  • cane,
  • bull whip,
  • whip,
  • electric chair,
  • switch,
  • jail,
  • rawhide,
  • ax.
  •punishment devices (noun)
  • Axes,
  • thumbscrews,
  • captivities,
  • straps,
  • switches,
  • Canes,
  • bull whips,
  • racks,
  • nooses,
  • maidens,
  • blocks,
  • rawhides,
  • truncheons,
  • ropes,
  • scaffolds,
  • stakes,
  • gibbets,
  • jails,
  • solitary confinements,
  • gas chambers,
  • Prisons,
  • rods,
  • whips,
  • guillotines,
  • whipping posts,
  • Pillories,
  • electric chairs,
  • cowhides,
  • torture chambers,
  • lashes,
  • birch rods,
  • thongs.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • instrument of execution.
  •Other relevant words:
  • awesome.

Paraphrases for Gallows:

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    portals, stages, deaths, flakes, cranes.

Gallows Sentence Examples:

• Why, you are shaking from head to foot now - your face is like that of a man who stands in the shadow of the gallows.

• Unless everything had worked according to our desires, we would have been undone, and I'm thinking the shadow of the gallows was dark over us in that hour when I set off for the Bridewell.

Homophones for Gallows:

• gallo's, gallos.

Hypernym for Gallows:

• n.

  • artifact
    gibbet, gallows tree, gallows-tree, gallous.

Hyponym for Gallows:

• n.

  • artifact
    instrument of execution.

Meronym for Gallows:

• n.

  • artifact
    hangman's rope, halter, hempen necktie, hemp, hangman's halter.