145 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ d͡ʒˈe͡ɪl], [ d‍ʒˈe‍ɪl], [ dʒ_ˈeɪ_l]

Similar words for gaol:

• artifact (noun)
• gaol (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• prison (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for gaol

Hypernyms for gaol

Hyponyms for gaol

Synonyms for Gaol:

• n.

  • artifact (noun)
  • jailhouse,
  • pokey,
  • poky,
  • clink,
  • slammer,
  • gaol,
  • jail.
  • gaol (noun)
  • imprison,
  • immure,
  • jug,
  • put away,
  • remand,
  • put behind bars,
  • lag,
  • incarcerate.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • correctional institution.
  • prison (noun)
  • cell,
  • manacle,
  • pillory,
  • keep,
  • penitentiary,
  • reform school,
  • stockade,
  • San Quentin,
  • pinion,
  • harness,
  • cage,
  • bridle,
  • oubliette,
  • fence,
  • cooler,
  • Alcatraz,
  • pen,
  • shackle,
  • dungeon,
  • brig,
  • lockup,
  • pound,
  • tether,
  • handcuff,
  • coop,
  • penal colony,
  • collar,
  • straight jacket,
  • confine,
  • vise,
  • reformatory,
  • bastille,
  • irons,
  • stronghold,
  • prison.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • death camp,
  • correctional facility,
  • detention center,
  • concentration camp,
  • labor camp,
  • gulag,
  • prison camp.
  •
  • boot camp.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • choky,
  • black hole,
  • blockade,
  • compass,
  • chokey,
  • stir,
  • hoosegow,
  • corral,
  • Borstal,
  • nick,
  • state prison,
  • enclose,
  • Calaboose,
  • pocket,
  • hold prisoner,
  • mew,
  • Quod,
  • cordon,
  • detention camp,
  • Leaguer,
  • coop up,
  • beleaguer,
  • wrap,
  • chamber,
  • kennel,
  • encompass,
  • enshrine,
  • fence in,
  • tolbooth,
  • cordon off,
  • close in,
  • house of detention,
  • hold captive,
  • industrial school,
  • penal institution,
  • besiege,
  • discard,
  • shut up,
  • stable,
  • hole,
  • death row,
  • lock in,
  • remit,
  • borstal institution,
  • forced-labor camp,
  • surround,
  • training school,
  • dawdle,
  • big house,
  • shut in,
  • box in,
  • contain,
  • coop in,
  • yard,
  • hem in,
  • can,
  • bound,
  • condemned cell,
  • wall in,
  • penal settlement,
  • bagnio,
  • cast in prison,
  • impound,
  • hedge in,
  • tollbooth,
  • guardhouse,
  • dispose,
  • include,
  • house of correction,
  • bolt in,
  • quarantine,
  • death house,
  • pen in,
  • prison house,
  • lock up,
  • Bridewell,
  • beset,
  • clap up,
  • intern,
  • shrine,
  • internment camp,
  • toss,
  • rail in,
  • in prison,
  • federal prison,
  • encircle.

Paraphrases for Gaol:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    jail, prison.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    custody, detention.

• Other Related

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

Hypernym for Gaol:

• n.

  • artifact
    hoosgow, house of correction, lockup, bastille, workhouse, holding cell, hoosegow.

Hyponym for Gaol:

• n.

  • artifact
    correctional institution.

• v.

  • social
    detain, confine.