Definition for Internment:

• The state or condition of being interned: confinement, as of prisoners of war, in the interior of a country.

Synonyms for Internment:

• n.

  •
  • condemned,
  • captive,
  • go down,
  • custody,
  • custodial,
  • inside.
  •
  • life.
  •act (noun)
  • imprisonment,
  • internment.
  •captivity (noun)
  • enslavement,
  • jail,
  • enthrallment,
  • duress,
  • entombment,
  • incarceration,
  • bondage,
  • limbo,
  • constraint,
  • slavery,
  • restraint,
  • servitude.
  •confinement (noun)
  • curb,
  • bonds,
  • check,
  • control,
  • keeping,
  • cramp,
  • bounding,
  • trammels,
  • coercion,
  • repression,
  • limitation,
  • bounds,
  • circumscription,
  • safekeeping.
  •detention (noun)
  • pen,
  • holding back,
  • bust,
  • impediment,
  • pickup,
  • nab,
  • apprehension,
  • Detainment,
  • hindrance,
  • retention,
  • pinch,
  • arrest,
  • delay,
  • withholding.
  •poundage (noun)
  • poundage.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • solitary confinement,
  • hard labor,
  • extraordinary rendition,
  • life sentence,
  • life imprisonment,
  • correctional,
  • preventive detention.
  •
  • rendition,
  • transportation,
  • prison.
  •
  • sentence,
  • solitary.
  •
  • serve.
  •
  • stretch.
  •
  • term.

Paraphrases for Internment:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    imprisonment.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    confinement.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    confinement.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    custody, arrest, retention, Detainment, commitment, Reclusion, containment, accommodation.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    detention, placement, committal.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    incarceration, Institutionalization, detention, institutionalisation, hospitalization, remand, placement, admission, prison, committal, seclusion, investment.

Antonyms for Internment:

• n.

  • captivity
    independence, freedom, liberation, license, liberty.
  • confinement
    allowance, permission.
  • detention
    aid, release, assistance, help.
  • Other antonyms:
    manumission, redemption, emancipation.

Hypernym for Internment:

• n.

  • act
    lockdown, false imprisonment, custody.

Hyponym for Internment:

• n.

  • act
    confinement.
  • state
    captivity, incarceration, immurement, imprisonment.