What is another word for jail?
652 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ d͡ʒˈe͡ɪl], [ dʒˈeɪl], [ dʒ_ˈeɪ_l]Table of Contents
Similar words for jail:- big house (noun)
- cage (noun)
- captivity (noun)
- clink (noun)
- confinement (noun)
- enclosure (noun)
- gaol (noun)
- jail (noun)
- penal institution (noun)
- place for incarceration (noun)
- prison (noun)
- punishment device (noun)
- reformatory (noun)
- school (noun)
- arrest (verb)
- cage (verb)
- confine (verb)
- constrain (verb)
- detain (verb)
- enclose (verb)
- enslave (verb)
- imprison (verb)
- incarcerate (verb)
- restrain (verb)
- run in (verb)
- sentence (verb)
- other synonyms
- enclose
- immure
- imprison
- restrain
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Jail:
n.
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- can.
- big schools,
- detention facilities,
- big cages,
- big-house,
- house correction,
- city hotels,
- the rivers,
- house detention,
- calabooses.
- de limitation,
- boundings,
- constrainments,
- de-limitations,
- de limitations,
- immurations,
- de-limitation.
- gaol.
- bridle,
- stronghold,
- Alcatraz,
- irons,
- pinion,
- keep,
- harness,
- straight jacket,
- vise,
- tether,
- collar,
- handcuff,
- shackle,
- coop,
- pillory,
- fence,
- San Quentin,
- oubliette,
- manacle,
- reform school.
- maiden,
- gibbet,
- thong,
- gas chamber,
- rope,
- stake,
- truncheon,
- cane,
- rod,
- cowhide,
- lash,
- noose,
- stocks,
- block,
- whip,
- guillotine,
- ax,
- whipping post,
- gallows,
- strap,
- rawhide,
- iron,
- scaffold,
- solitary confinement,
- thumbscrew,
- torture chamber,
- electric chair,
- bull whip,
- birch rod,
- switch.
v.
•arrest (verb)- putting cuffs on,
- puts arm on,
- puts the arm on,
- tosses jail,
- takes prisoner,
- put cuffs on,
- tossed jail,
- putting the arm on,
- gloms,
- tost in jail,
- tossing in jail,
- glomming,
- tossed in jail,
- tossing jail,
- putting the cuffs on,
- toss jail,
- tost jail,
- putting arm on,
- tosses in jail,
- put arm on,
- glommed,
- took prisoner,
- taking prisoner,
- puts cuffs on,
- puts the cuffs on.
- in-terns,
- re-presses,
- putting ice,
- put ice,
- puts lid on,
- de limiting,
- in-tern,
- de limits,
- de-limited,
- puts ice,
- de limited,
- putting on ice,
- de-limiting,
- re-pressing,
- de-limits,
- re-press,
- de limit,
- re strict,
- in tern,
- putting lid on,
- puts a lid on,
- re presses,
- in terns,
- putting a lid on,
- re pressing,
- de-limit,
- re-strict,
- re press,
- puts on ice,
- re pressed,
- hog tie,
- sending up,
- cools down.
- dis-allowing,
- holds in,
- kept lid on,
- concusses,
- keeping lid on,
- dis-allow,
- dis allowed,
- putting half nelson on,
- puts half nelson on,
- dis allow,
- with held,
- holding down,
- cools off,
- with-holds,
- holds down,
- cooled off,
- with-hold,
- with holds,
- with hold,
- with-held,
- dis-allows,
- with holding,
- dis-allowed,
- dis allowing,
- dis allows,
- keeps lid on.
- de-tain,
- re-serves,
- slowing down,
- de-lays,
- re serving,
- re serve,
- de-laying,
- slowing up,
- hanging up,
- de-lay,
- hangs up,
- de-tains,
- slows up,
- re served,
- re-served,
- slows down,
- de tains,
- de tain,
- re-serving,
- de lays,
- de laying,
- de lay,
- hanged up,
- re-serve.
- co-oping,
- walled in,
- in ducts,
- fencing off,
- in ducting,
- co oped,
- in-ducting,
- Mured,
- co-oped,
- boxing up,
- in-ducted,
- boxed up,
- in sert,
- walls in,
- in ducted,
- in-ducts,
- boxes up,
- in duct,
- in-sert,
- fences off,
- blocking off,
- co oping,
- locks in,
- walling in,
- muring,
- in-duct,
- blocks off.
- get hooks in to,
- in dentures,
- puts irons,
- gat hooks into,
- sub dues,
- got hooks in to,
- re-duces,
- putting irons,
- dis-enfranchised,
- dis franchising,
- in-denture,
- put irons,
- dis-enfranchise,
- sub-dues,
- dis enfranchises,
- dis franchised,
- re duce,
- in-dentures,
- getting hooks in to,
- dis enfranchising,
- sub due,
- keeps under thumb,
- keeping under thumb,
- dis-franchises,
- puts in irons,
- got hooks into,
- dis-franchised,
- gotten hooks into,
- sub-jugate,
- gets hooks into,
- putting in irons,
- dis enfranchised,
- dis franchises,
- dis franchise,
- re duces,
- gat hooks in to,
- getting hooks into,
- kept under thumb,
- dis-franchise,
- sub jugate,
- disenfranchises,
- gotten hooks in to,
- disfranchises,
- in denture,
- dis-franchising,
- dis enfranchise,
- dis-enfranchising,
- dis-enfranchises,
- sub-due,
- re-duce,
- gets hooks in to.
- keeps down,
- pre vents,
- re-strained,
- re-straining,
- re straining,
- de bars,
- de barring,
- re strained,
- re-strains,
- cracks down,
- choked back,
- choking back,
- pre vent,
- pro scribe,
- keep line,
- de-barring,
- keeps in line,
- cracking down,
- pre-venting,
- pro scribed,
- kept in line,
- pre venting,
- re-strain,
- pro scribes,
- de barred,
- sate on,
- pre-vent,
- keeping in line,
- de-bars,
- chokes back,
- pro-scribed,
- keeps line,
- pro-scribe,
- de-bar,
- re strain,
- keeping line,
- de-barred,
- kept line,
- re strains,
- cracked down,
- pro scribing,
- pre-vented,
- de bar,
- pre-vents,
- sits on,
- keeping down.
Other synonyms:
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- throw.
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- hold.
- encases,
- box up,
- locking in,
- sets apart,
- encase,
- Mures,
- blockaded,
- enclosed,
- encasing,
- fenced off,
- wall in,
- environ,
- setting apart,
- Mure,
- locked in,
- mew,
- enshrouded,
- blockading,
- fence off,
- block off,
- lock in,
- set apart.
- bastille,
- keep in custody,
- hold hostage,
- Closeting,
- closeted,
- Remanded,
- remand,
- keep captive,
- bastilles,
- send to prison,
- imprisoned,
- rail in,
- hold captive,
- occlude,
- Stockading,
- put behind bars,
- hold in custody,
- Stockaded,
- Remanding,
- remands.
- hogtie,
- keep in line,
- pulls back,
- sit on,
- pinioned,
- pinions,
- crack down,
- pull back,
- ties down,
- kept down,
- Manacling,
- tie down,
- pulling back,
- Pinioning,
- pulled back,
- Manacled,
- tying down,
- keep down,
- sitting on,
- choke back,
- Harnessing,
- tied down.
- limbo,
- pokey,
- shut up,
- bind,
- chokey,
- able,
- distribute,
- loud,
- inside,
- throw out,
- culprit,
- run,
- caboose,
- hood,
- lusty,
- blockade,
- bucket,
- house,
- bullpen,
- industrial school,
- pinch,
- bound,
- intense,
- fortress,
- chuck out,
- shut,
- fold,
- chink,
- bagnio,
- bust,
- imprisonment,
- Bridewell,
- tuck away,
- den,
- workhouse,
- fling,
- captivating,
- bring in,
- lock,
- college,
- cast in prison,
- PERP,
- apprehensive,
- nab,
- escape,
- stir,
- choky,
- tuck in,
- pocket,
- Quod,
- clap up,
- click,
- cogent,
- scape,
- contain,
- labor camp,
- clack,
- athletic,
- penal settlement,
- donjon,
- perpetrator,
- poky,
- surround,
- include,
- encircle,
- enshrine,
- convict,
- high,
- influential,
- guardhouse,
- eat up,
- dismiss,
- inmate,
- potent,
- prison house,
- beset,
- cast out,
- Misdemeanant,
- chamber,
- corral,
- black hole,
- cast aside,
- outlaw,
- holding cell,
- dawdle,
- adjust,
- detention camp,
- stable,
- concentration camp,
- send-up,
- discard,
- kennel,
- federal prison,
- safe,
- captivate,
- jingle,
- congee,
- in prison,
- hamper,
- hedge in,
- put to sleep,
- malefactor,
- state prison,
- inclosure,
- good,
- beleaguer,
- encompass,
- cadre,
- lock away,
- dispose,
- crook,
- Borstal,
- besiege,
- hearty,
- prison camp,
- bottle up,
- joint,
- fall behind,
- station,
- death row,
- wrap,
- hold prisoner,
- yard,
- Thana,
- offender,
- hulks,
- shrine,
- freezer,
- steady,
- heavy,
- worried,
- delinquent,
- school,
- internment camp,
- tollbooth,
- station house,
- toss out,
- sturdy,
- Leaguer,
- take into custody,
- watch house,
- get off,
- shut away,
- coop in,
- quarantine,
- forced-labor camp,
- Bilboes,
- vase,
- hoodlum,
- cordon,
- guardroom,
- ewer,
- vandal,
- rock pile,
- ring,
- jar,
- criminal,
- toss away,
- remit,
- thug,
- abandon,
- bolt in,
- strong,
- concerned,
- up the river,
- condemned cell,
- circumscribe,
- clank,
- hard,
- gulag,
- enrapture,
- hole,
- pen in,
- solid,
- solitary,
- robust,
- cordon off,
- make one's escape,
- felon,
- scofflaw,
- throw away,
- compass,
- supervise,
- apprehend,
- prisoner,
- stay,
- fall back,
- rattle,
- box in,
- death house,
- cast away,
- Panopticon,
- send back,
- incarceration,
- restrict,
- toss,
- borstal institution,
- forcible,
- tolbooth.
Paraphrases for Jail:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
jailed.
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Noun, singular or mass
gaol.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
gets.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Adjective
penitentiary, prison.
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Proper noun, singular
Prisons, Penitentiaries, penitentiary, prison.
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Noun, singular or mass
incarceration, penitentiary, prison.
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Interjection
prison.
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Verb, base form
prison.
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Adjective