Definition for Inmate:

• One who dwells in the same house with another; an occupant.

Synonyms for Inmate:

• n.

  •convict (noun)
  • convict.
  •gaolbird (noun)
  • gaolbird.
  •guest (noun)
  • customer,
  • frequenter,
  • lodger,
  • transient,
  • renter,
  • visitant,
  • company,
  • boarder,
  • mate,
  • caller,
  • recipient,
  • companion,
  • patron,
  • client.
  •patient (noun)
  • victim,
  • case,
  • invalid,
  • internee,
  • subject,
  • convalescent,
  • emergency.
  •prisoners (noun)
  • political prisoner,
  • detainee,
  • lifer,
  • yardbird,
  • prisoner of war,
  • chain gang,
  • prisoner of conscience,
  • ex-con,
  • captive,
  • battlefield detainee,
  • pow.
  •resident (noun)
  • liver,
  • Habitant,
  • local.

• Other synonyms:

  •captive
  • prisoner.

Paraphrases for Inmate:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    prisoners.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    Detained.
  • Proper noun, singular
    holdings, Detained.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Capita, Detained, Sentenced, imprisonment, ex-con, incarceration.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    prisoners, detainee.
  • Proper noun, singular
    detainees, detainee.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    detainees, lodger, detainee, internal.
  • Adverb
    detainee.

Antonyms for Inmate:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    outpatient.

Inmate Sentence Examples:

• Agnes asked, and the doctor replied: " I did not suppose so until a few days since, when I learned from a Mr. Green that Mrs. Markham's youngest and now only brother has been an inmate of a lunatic asylum for years; and that though they cannot pay his entire expenses, of course they do all they can toward providing him with comforts."

• Sir William Berkeley, himself, gallantly kissed her cheek, and said that Lady Frances might well be jealous of so fair a rival; and added, that if he were only young again, Windsor Hall might be called upon to yield its fair inmate to adorn the palace of the Governor of Virginia.

Hyponym for Inmate:

• n.

  • person
    occupant, resident, occupier.