Synonyms for Locking up:

• n.

  •imprisonment (noun)
  • Capturing,
  • Immuring,
  • Quarantining,
  • Detaining.

• v.

  •acquire (verb)
  • promote,
  • buy,
  • secure,
  • catch,
  • hustle,
  • take possession of,
  • rack up,
  • gather,
  • wangle,
  • grab,
  • get,
  • access,
  • take,
  • latch onto,
  • earn,
  • win,
  • corral,
  • snag,
  • procure,
  • pick up,
  • land,
  • have,
  • collect,
  • cop,
  • annex,
  • lock up,
  • achieve,
  • amass,
  • bring in,
  • attain,
  • get hold of,
  • gain,
  • get hands on,
  • scare up.
  •affirm (verb)
  • clinch,
  • certify,
  • guarantee,
  • avouch,
  • ratify,
  • aver,
  • repeat,
  • put on ice,
  • witness,
  • ice,
  • testify,
  • okay,
  • swear,
  • assert,
  • confirm,
  • maintain,
  • avow,
  • attest,
  • insist,
  • pronounce,
  • nail down,
  • cross heart,
  • state,
  • predicate,
  • profess,
  • swear on bible,
  • have a lock on,
  • swear up and down,
  • rubber-stamp,
  • say so,
  • vouch,
  • set,
  • declare,
  • cinch,
  • asseverate.
  •assure (verb)
  • complete,
  • lock,
  • seal,
  • lock on,
  • ensure,
  • make sure,
  • insure.
  •bind (verb)
  • constrain,
  • prescribe,
  • put lock on,
  • put half nelson on,
  • confine,
  • restrict,
  • hinder,
  • engage,
  • restrain,
  • enslave,
  • necessitate,
  • detain,
  • require,
  • hamper,
  • hogtie,
  • force,
  • compel,
  • yoke,
  • oblige,
  • indenture.
  •cage (verb)
  • envelop,
  • immure,
  • pen,
  • incarcerate,
  • imprison,
  • hem,
  • impound,
  • fence in,
  • mew,
  • jail,
  • enclose,
  • close in,
  • shut up,
  • shut in,
  • coop up.
  •coop (verb)
  • intern,
  • hem in,
  • trap,
  • cage,
  • put under lock and key,
  • hold captive,
  • hold prisoner,
  • keep.
  •enclose (verb)
  • cover,
  • veil,
  • limit,
  • wall in,
  • hedge,
  • coop,
  • wrap,
  • fence,
  • enshroud,
  • Mure,
  • bound,
  • implant,
  • environ,
  • circumscribe,
  • lock in,
  • fence off,
  • imbue,
  • set apart,
  • induct,
  • encompass,
  • box up,
  • blockade,
  • circle,
  • include,
  • block off,
  • insert,
  • encase,
  • encircle,
  • enfold.
  •ensure (verb)
  • establish,
  • assure,
  • make safe,
  • arrange,
  • protect,
  • provide,
  • warrant,
  • set out,
  • make certain,
  • guard,
  • effect,
  • safeguard.
  •forbid (verb)
  • embargo,
  • withhold,
  • say no,
  • halt,
  • veto,
  • interdict,
  • spike,
  • stop,
  • shut out,
  • disallow,
  • hold up,
  • exclude,
  • deprive,
  • declare illegal,
  • block,
  • deny,
  • debar,
  • enjoin,
  • ban,
  • proscribe,
  • put the chill on,
  • prevent,
  • obstruct,
  • impede,
  • Forfend,
  • taboo,
  • shut down,
  • oppose,
  • rule out,
  • cancel,
  • nix,
  • stymie,
  • censor,
  • inhibit,
  • check,
  • freeze,
  • obviate,
  • preclude,
  • forestall.
  •get (verb)
  • chalk up,
  • buy off,
  • fetch,
  • parlay,
  • clear,
  • capture,
  • snap up,
  • net,
  • acquire,
  • come by,
  • make a killing,
  • obtain,
  • compass,
  • extort,
  • reap,
  • buy out,
  • extract,
  • make,
  • buy into,
  • glean,
  • bring,
  • cash in on,
  • evoke,
  • make a buy,
  • pull,
  • realize,
  • score,
  • snowball,
  • educe,
  • elicit,
  • succeed to,
  • clean up,
  • receive,
  • build up,
  • draw,
  • bag,
  • inherit.
  •have (verb)
  • enjoy,
  • bear,
  • occupy,
  • own,
  • teem with,
  • hog,
  • take in,
  • retain,
  • have in hand,
  • corner,
  • latch on to,
  • admit,
  • hold,
  • carry,
  • sit on,
  • possess.
  •hide (verb)
  • ensconce,
  • go underground,
  • put out of the way,
  • eclipse,
  • go into hiding,
  • adumbrate,
  • stifle,
  • mask,
  • duck,
  • screen,
  • salt away,
  • reserve,
  • curtain,
  • hush up,
  • obscure,
  • stow away,
  • dissemble,
  • shelter,
  • keep secret,
  • tuck away,
  • lie low,
  • suppress,
  • stash,
  • plant,
  • shadow,
  • squirrel,
  • cloak,
  • bury,
  • shroud,
  • ditch,
  • keep from,
  • not give away,
  • take cover,
  • hole up,
  • disguise,
  • cache,
  • camouflage,
  • harbor,
  • smuggle,
  • shield,
  • blot out,
  • hold back,
  • not tell,
  • secrete.
  •hold (verb)
  • cling,
  • cleave,
  • cork up,
  • cherish,
  • palm,
  • bottle up,
  • press,
  • wield,
  • vise,
  • cradle,
  • stick,
  • hang on,
  • stay put,
  • adhere,
  • clutch,
  • grip,
  • clasp,
  • bind,
  • embrace,
  • nourish,
  • handle,
  • wring,
  • squeeze,
  • hug,
  • keep out,
  • keep close,
  • fondle,
  • not let go,
  • put a lock on,
  • freeze to,
  • trammel,
  • seize,
  • contain,
  • clench,
  • arrest.
  •immobilize (verb)
  • idle,
  • bring to a screeching halt.
  •imprison (verb)
  • curb,
  • occlude,
  • bastille,
  • hold hostage,
  • put away,
  • put behind bars,
  • take prisoner,
  • keep in custody,
  • commit,
  • keep captive,
  • send to prison,
  • send up,
  • rail in,
  • closet,
  • stockade,
  • nab,
  • hold in custody,
  • apprehend,
  • remand.
  •imprisoning (verb)
  • Manacling,
  • Harnessing,
  • straight jacketing,
  • Collaring,
  • fencing,
  • fettering,
  • Handcuffing,
  • Sentencing,
  • confining,
  • Caging,
  • Bridling,
  • Incarcerating,
  • Tethering,
  • Shackling,
  • condemning,
  • jailing,
  • impounding,
  • Imprisoning.
  •incarcerate (verb)
  • book,
  • slough,
  • send up the river,
  • throw book at,
  • railroad,
  • take away,
  • settle.
  •jail (verb)
  • throw the book at,
  • sentence,
  • prison,
  • throw away the keys,
  • throw in dungeon,
  • can.
  •mew (verb)
  • wall.
  •monopolize (verb)
  • take over,
  • manage,
  • exercise control,
  • sew up,
  • copyright,
  • corner the market,
  • keep to oneself,
  • use,
  • consume,
  • engross,
  • employ,
  • syndicate,
  • take up,
  • utilize,
  • bogart,
  • own exclusively,
  • devour,
  • patent.
  •possess (verb)
  • control,
  • be born with,
  • have to name,
  • take possession,
  • dominate,
  • be endowed with,
  • be blessed with.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • tie up,
  • zing,
  • put chill on,
  • jam up,
  • cork,
  • keep lid on,
  • pass on,
  • throw cold water on,
  • cool,
  • outlaw,
  • gridlock,
  • put down,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • kill,
  • box in,
  • put a stopper in,
  • forbid,
  • hang up.
  •put away (verb)
  • institutionalize.
  •restrain (verb)
  • deter,
  • choke back,
  • guide,
  • bridle,
  • harness,
  • subdue,
  • govern,
  • pinion,
  • chain,
  • curtail,
  • repress,
  • keep down,
  • crack down,
  • pull back,
  • muzzle,
  • handicap,
  • delimit,
  • direct,
  • keep in line,
  • fetter,
  • tie down,
  • gag,
  • stay,
  • manacle.
  •secure (verb)
  • clamp,
  • batten down,
  • hitch,
  • adjust,
  • hook on,
  • make fast,
  • grasp,
  • rivet,
  • anchor,
  • button,
  • tie,
  • lash,
  • bolt,
  • tack,
  • padlock,
  • hook,
  • cement,
  • close,
  • moor,
  • fasten,
  • button down,
  • fix,
  • tighten,
  • nail.
  •stash (verb)
  • conceal,
  • occult.
  •store (verb)
  • hive,
  • garner,
  • pack away,
  • treasure,
  • bin,
  • bank,
  • put in storage,
  • stock,
  • park,
  • mothball,
  • bottle,
  • save for rainy day,
  • warehouse,
  • hutch,
  • lock away,
  • accumulate,
  • roll up,
  • put,
  • lay up,
  • put by,
  • hide,
  • stockpile,
  • victual,
  • hoard,
  • pack,
  • cumulate,
  • save,
  • sock away,
  • lay away,
  • deposit,
  • keep in reserve.
  •tie/tie up (verb)
  • clog,
  • leash,
  • Entrammel,
  • tie one's hands,
  • delay,
  • shackle,
  • hog-tie.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • captivities,
  • Detainment,
  • internment,
  • incarceration,
  • immobilization.

Antonyms for Locking up:

• n.

  • imprisonment
    release, liberty, liberating, freedom, discharge.

• v.

  • acquire
    misunderstand, let go, yield, spend, fail, surrender, give up, pass, divide, give, forgo, miss, scatter, relinquish, disperse, throw away, forfeit, lose.
  • affirm
    forget, veto, deny, repudiate, renounce, disavow, nullify, reject, refute, negate.
  • assure
    halt.
  • bind
    free, allow, liberate, loose, unbind, help, promote, permit, unfasten, encourage, untie, aid, let, assist, set free, loosen.
  • cage
    let out.
  • enclose
    unloose, reveal, meet, face, exclude.
  • ensure
    harm, endanger, ignore, contradict, neglect, injure, invalidate, hurt.
  • forbid
    approve, welcome, facilitate, admit, authorize, include, add, sanction, push, support, forward, go, advance, continue.
  • get
    give in, repel, drop, stop, repulse, soothe, leave, offer, please, depart, overthrow, calm, dissuade, overtake, mismanage, discourage, understand, disallow, abandon, refuse, avoid, repress, misconstrue.
  • have
    dodge, not have, dispossess, need, want, dispute, kill, lack, forsake.
  • hide
    divulge, lay bare, expose, show, bare, tell, exhibit, unmask, open, disclose, uncover.
  • hold
    quit, disbelieve, desert, cease, cancel.
  • mew
    take out, unwrap.
  • monopolize
    abstain, distribute, share.
  • prohibit
    favor.
  • put away
    give birth, refrain.
  • restrain
    misguide, start, turn on, mislead.
  • secure
    disjoin, disconnect, unhitch, detach, Unfix, unlock, unsettle, unchain.
  • stash
    disregard, lay out.
  • store
    waste, use, squander, dissipate, disburse.