What is another word for lock up?
656 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ lˈɒk ˈʌp], [ lˈɒk ˈʌp], [ l_ˈɒ_k ˈʌ_p]
Lock up is an action of securing something in a confined space to ensure safety and security. Synonyms for the word "lock up" include bolt, padlock, seal, fasten, latch, close, and shut. The word "bolt" implies fastening the doors or windows by using a sliding lock. "Padlock" on the other hand, refers to a physical lock that requires a key to unlock. "Seal" describes the act of locking something by placing a physical barrier on it. Latch and close mean to secure something by closing it tightly. Shut ensures that something is closed and locked safely and securely. Each of these synonyms for lock up implies securing something in a meaningful way.
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Similar words for lock up:
- coop (noun)
- affirm (verb)
- assure (verb)
- bind (verb)
- cage (verb)
- contact (verb)
- coop (verb)
- ensure (verb)
- get (verb)
- hide (verb)
- hold (verb)
- immobilize (verb)
- imprison (verb)
- incarcerate (verb)
- jail (verb)
- mew (verb)
- possess (verb)
- prohibit (verb)
- secure (verb)
- stash (verb)
- store (verb)
- tie/tie up (verb)
- acquire
- affirm
- enclose
- imprison
- noun
- possess
- prohibit
- restrain
- stash
- store
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Lock up:
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n.
• coop -
v.
• affirm- assert ,
- asseverate ,
- attest ,
- aver ,
- avouch ,
- avow ,
- certify ,
- cinch ,
- clinch ,
- confirm ,
- declare ,
- guarantee ,
- maintain ,
- nail down ,
- okay ,
- profess ,
- pronounce ,
- ratify ,
- repeat ,
- set ,
- state ,
- swear ,
- testify ,
- vouch ,
- witness .
- accomplish ,
- bag ,
- bring ,
- build up ,
- buy off ,
- capture ,
- chalk up ,
- clear ,
- come by ,
- compass ,
- draw ,
- educe ,
- elicit ,
- evoke ,
- extort ,
- extract ,
- fetch ,
- glean ,
- inherit ,
- make ,
- net ,
- obtain ,
- parlay ,
- pull ,
- realize ,
- reap ,
- receive ,
- score ,
- snowball .
- adumbrate ,
- camouflage ,
- cloak ,
- curtain ,
- disguise ,
- dissemble ,
- ditch ,
- duck ,
- eclipse ,
- harbor ,
- hold back ,
- hush up ,
- mask ,
- obscure ,
- reserve ,
- salt away ,
- screen ,
- shadow ,
- shelter ,
- shield ,
- shroud ,
- smuggle ,
- squirrel ,
- stifle ,
- suppress .
- adhere ,
- cherish ,
- clasp ,
- cleave ,
- clench ,
- cling ,
- clutch ,
- cradle ,
- embrace ,
- fondle ,
- grip ,
- handle ,
- hang on ,
- hug ,
- nourish ,
- press ,
- squeeze ,
- stick ,
- trammel ,
- vise ,
- wield ,
- wring .
- idle .
- apprehend ,
- bridle ,
- closet ,
- collar ,
- condemn ,
- curb ,
- fence ,
- fetter ,
- handcuff ,
- harness ,
- manacle ,
- nab ,
- sentence ,
- shackle ,
- stockade ,
- straight jacket ,
- tether .
- wall .
Other synonyms:
- commit .
Other relevant words:
- Buttoning ,
- Curtaining ,
- Embargoed ,
- Embargoing ,
- Entrammel ,
- Forfend ,
- Having ,
- Idled ,
- Incarcerated ,
- Indenturing ,
- Padlocked ,
- Padlocking ,
- Palmed ,
- Palming ,
- Patenting ,
- Prisoned ,
- Prisoning ,
- Riveted ,
- Shrouded ,
- Tabooed ,
- Tabooing ,
- Walling ,
- acquire ,
- affirm ,
- assure ,
- batten down ,
- bind ,
- blot out ,
- blotted out ,
- blotting out ,
- bogart ,
- bring to a screeching halt ,
- button down ,
- buttoned ,
- buy into ,
- buy out ,
- cage ,
- cash in on ,
- clean up ,
- cleaned up ,
- cleans up ,
- close in ,
- closed in ,
- closing in ,
- coop ,
- coop up ,
- cooped up ,
- copyright ,
- copyrighted ,
- copyrighting ,
- copyrights ,
- cork up ,
- corked up ,
- corking up ,
- corner the market ,
- curtained ,
- declare illegal ,
- enclose ,
- ensconce ,
- ensure ,
- ensures ,
- exercise control ,
- fence in ,
- fenced in ,
- forbid ,
- forbidding ,
- freeze to ,
- get ,
- go into hiding ,
- go underground ,
- have ,
- have in hand ,
- hem in ,
- hide ,
- hinders ,
- hog ,
- hogtie ,
- hold ,
- hold captive ,
- hold prisoner ,
- hole up ,
- hook on ,
- hooked on ,
- imprison ,
- incarcerate ,
- indenture ,
- interned ,
- interning ,
- jail ,
- keep close ,
- keep from ,
- keep out ,
- keep secret ,
- keep to oneself ,
- keeping out ,
- keeping to oneself ,
- keeps close ,
- keeps out ,
- kept out ,
- kept secret ,
- latch on to ,
- lay low ,
- lie low ,
- lock on ,
- locked on ,
- locking on ,
- lying low ,
- made certain ,
- made fast ,
- made sure ,
- make a buy ,
- make a killing ,
- make certain ,
- make fast ,
- make safe ,
- make sure ,
- makes certain ,
- monopolize ,
- necessitate ,
- nixing ,
- not give away ,
- not let go ,
- not tell ,
- not told ,
- own exclusively ,
- padlock ,
- padlocks ,
- palm ,
- palms ,
- patented ,
- pen ,
- possess ,
- put a lock on ,
- put away ,
- put half nelson on ,
- put lock on ,
- put out of the way ,
- put the chill on ,
- put under lock and key ,
- railroad ,
- railroaded ,
- railroading ,
- restrain ,
- retain ,
- say no ,
- says no ,
- secure ,
- send up the river ,
- sending up the river ,
- sentences ,
- set out ,
- setting out ,
- sew up ,
- sewed up ,
- shrouding ,
- shut in ,
- sit on ,
- sitting on ,
- snap up ,
- snaps up ,
- stay put ,
- staying put ,
- store ,
- stow away ,
- succeed to ,
- syndicated ,
- syndicating ,
- taboo ,
- take away ,
- take cover ,
- take over ,
- taking away ,
- taking cover ,
- taking over ,
- teem with ,
- teeming with ,
- throw away the keys ,
- throw book at ,
- throw in dungeon ,
- throw the book at ,
- tie ,
- tie one's hands ,
- tie up ,
- tied ,
- took away ,
- tuck away ,
- tucked away ,
- walled .
- Copped ,
- Promoted ,
- accessed ,
- accessing ,
- copping ,
- get hands on ,
- get hold of ,
- getting hold of ,
- got hold of ,
- latch onto ,
- latched onto ,
- locked up ,
- locking up ,
- locks up ,
- pick up ,
- picked up ,
- promotes ,
- scare up ,
- take possession of .
- Cinched ,
- Cinching ,
- cross heart ,
- have a lock on ,
- ice ,
- iced ,
- insist ,
- nailed down ,
- predicate ,
- put on ice ,
- rubber stamped ,
- rubber-stamp ,
- rubber-stamps ,
- rubberstamp ,
- say so ,
- swear on bible ,
- swear up and down .
- Mure ,
- Mures ,
- block off ,
- blockaded ,
- blockading ,
- box up ,
- corral ,
- encase ,
- encases ,
- encasing ,
- enclosed ,
- enshrouded ,
- environ ,
- fence off ,
- fenced off ,
- lock in ,
- locked in ,
- locking in ,
- mew ,
- set apart ,
- sets apart ,
- setting apart ,
- wall in .
- Closeting ,
- Remanded ,
- Remanding ,
- Stockaded ,
- Stockading ,
- bastille ,
- bastilles ,
- closeted ,
- hold hostage ,
- hold in custody ,
- imprisoned ,
- keep captive ,
- keep in custody ,
- occlude ,
- put behind bars ,
- rail in ,
- remand ,
- remands ,
- send to prison ,
- send up ,
- sends up ,
- sent up ,
- take prisoner .
- Embosom ,
- amerce ,
- arrest ,
- bang ,
- banish ,
- bar ,
- barricade ,
- batten ,
- beat ,
- birch ,
- bolt ,
- bolt in ,
- bosom ,
- bottle up ,
- bury ,
- button ,
- button up ,
- cache ,
- cane ,
- cashier ,
- cast in prison ,
- choke ,
- choke off ,
- clap ,
- clap up ,
- clock off ,
- clock out ,
- close ,
- close down ,
- close up ,
- constrict ,
- contain ,
- contract ,
- cover ,
- crucify ,
- deposit ,
- detain ,
- draw and quarter ,
- electrocute ,
- excommunicate ,
- execute ,
- exile ,
- fasten ,
- fine ,
- flog ,
- fold ,
- fold up ,
- gaol ,
- go home ,
- hang ,
- hide away ,
- immobilize ,
- immure ,
- institutionalize ,
- intern ,
- jug ,
- key ,
- knock ,
- lash ,
- latch ,
- lock ,
- lock away ,
- lock out ,
- mulct ,
- paddle ,
- pillory ,
- plant ,
- plumb ,
- prohibit ,
- punish ,
- restrict ,
- scourge ,
- seal ,
- seal off ,
- seal up ,
- secrete ,
- seize ,
- send down ,
- shut ,
- shut away ,
- shut up ,
- slam ,
- snap ,
- spank ,
- stash ,
- stop work ,
- store away ,
- strangle ,
- tar and feather ,
- terminate ,
- whip ,
- zip up ,
- zipper .
- box in ,
- boxes in ,
- bring to screeching halt ,
- corked ,
- corking ,
- gridlock ,
- gridlocked ,
- hang up ,
- jam up ,
- keep lid on ,
- pass on ,
- passed on ,
- passes on ,
- passing on ,
- put a stopper in ,
- put chill on ,
- throw cold water on ,
- zinging .
- Harnessing ,
- Manacled ,
- Manacling ,
- Pinioning ,
- choke back ,
- crack down ,
- keep down ,
- keep in line ,
- kept down ,
- pinion ,
- pinioned ,
- pinions ,
- pull back ,
- pulled back ,
- pulling back ,
- pulls back ,
- tie down ,
- tied down ,
- ties down ,
- tying down .
- Binned ,
- Binning ,
- Bottled ,
- Bottling ,
- Hived ,
- Hiving ,
- Hutched ,
- Hutching ,
- Victualed ,
- Victualing ,
- Victualling ,
- Warehoused ,
- keep in reserve ,
- kept in reserve ,
- lay away ,
- lays away ,
- locked away ,
- mothball ,
- mothballed ,
- mothballing ,
- mothballs ,
- pack away ,
- packed away ,
- put by ,
- put in storage ,
- roll up ,
- save for rainy day ,
- victual ,
- warehousing .
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How to use "Lock up" in context?
Lock up is a term used to describe a secure place where someone can be detained. It can refer to a prison, a psychiatric hospital, or a secure building.
Homophones for Lock up:
- Louis Viii, lxxvi, Louis XIV, lace up, lgv, lisboa, louse up, liquify, lash-up, lookup, lxxxviii, laugh off, Louis Iv, lxxvii, loose off, lxxiv, lxviii, log off, Louis Xv, LGB, Louis Vii, liquefy, lxv, lxiv, lxxviii, lxvii, Lake Kivu, Louis Xvi, Louis V, Lake Okeechobee, lxxxv, lxxxvi, Louis Vi, look up, lxvi, lisp, lxxxvii, lockup, lxxxiv, log up, lxxv.
Hyponym for Lock up:
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home and dry
- Synonyms:
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