What is another word for penitentiary?
234 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pˌɛnɪtˈɛnʃjəɹɪ], [ pˌɛnɪtˈɛnʃjəɹɪ], [ p_ˌɛ_n_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_j_ə_ɹ_ɪ]Table of Contents
Similar words for penitentiary:- big house (noun)
- jail (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pen (noun)
- penal institution (noun)
- penitentiary (noun)
- prison (noun)
- punitive (noun)
- stockade (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Penitentiary:
n.
•big house (noun) •jail (noun)- pound,
- cell,
- rack,
- brig,
- black hole,
- detention camp,
- dungeon.
- bastilles,
- detention facility,
- thing,
- enclosure,
- reformatory,
- city hotel,
- penitentiary,
- solitaries,
- bullpen,
- big cage,
- jailhouse,
- hoosegow,
- correctional facility,
- bastille,
- prison,
- pen,
- iceboxes,
- place,
- Calaboose,
- penal institution,
- stockade,
- training school,
- icebox,
- slammer,
- lockup,
- big school,
- correctional institution,
- up the river,
- house of detention,
- bullpens,
- slammers,
- jailhouses,
- the river.
- prisoner-of-war camp,
- prisoner of war camp,
- penal colonies,
- military prison,
- penal colony,
- Pow Camp.
- gaol,
- manacle,
- bridle,
- jug,
- Alcatraz,
- keep,
- collar,
- oubliette,
- reform school,
- handcuff,
- harness,
- G,
- stronghold,
- confine,
- San Quentin,
- irons,
- pillory,
- tether,
- straight jacket,
- pinion,
- vise,
- Statesville,
- shackle.
v.
•Other relevant words: (verb)- jail.
Other synonyms:
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- clink.
- Exarch,
- den,
- choky,
- playpen,
- penal,
- flamen,
- federal prison,
- Thana,
- melted,
- Quod,
- father,
- fortress,
- hierarch,
- workhouse,
- Borstal,
- coadjutor,
- penitent,
- abject,
- vindictive,
- archpriest,
- spiteful,
- parish priest,
- guardhouse,
- archbishop,
- borstal institution,
- Bridewell,
- doleful,
- chokey,
- campus,
- rector,
- archdeacon,
- forced-labor camp,
- labor camp,
- apologetic,
- internment camp,
- poky,
- prebendary,
- cardinal,
- pontiff,
- Detention Centre,
- penal servitude,
- spiritual director,
- pencil,
- inside,
- padre,
- limbo,
- inclosure,
- death row,
- cardinal priest,
- Subdean,
- corral,
- ballpoint,
- metropolitan,
- cardinal bishop,
- stall,
- malicious,
- reclaimed,
- donjon,
- prison camp,
- remand home,
- hulks,
- correctional,
- rueful,
- chaplain,
- repentant,
- watch house,
- detention,
- softened,
- fold,
- priest,
- lock up,
- Archaicbridewell,
- dean,
- humble,
- sheepish,
- prelate,
- spiritual father,
- sorry,
- touched,
- humbled,
- condemned cell,
- vengeful,
- industrial school,
- vindicatory,
- hold,
- state prison,
- remedial,
- curate,
- reborn,
- rural dean,
- bail,
- station house,
- cure,
- pope,
- suffragan,
- regretful,
- death house,
- Panopticon,
- cassock,
- Abuna,
- confinement,
- Bilboes,
- contrite,
- tollbooth,
- father confessor,
- high priest,
- bishop coadjutor,
- station,
- punitive,
- nick,
- Ecclesiarch,
- unhardened,
- prison house,
- penal settlement,
- lamentable,
- papa,
- primate,
- stocks,
- remorseful,
- guardroom,
- reformative,
- penitential,
- patriarch,
- revengeful,
- presbyter,
- diocesan,
- gallach,
- punitory,
- cardinal deacon,
- canon,
- disciplinal,
- dismal,
- college,
- bishop,
- pitiful,
- vicar,
- Antipope,
- CHE approved school.
Paraphrases for Penitentiary:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
prison, correctional.
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Noun, singular or mass
prison.
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Adjective
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
pen.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
penal-correctional, Incarcerated, corrections.
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Proper noun, singular
misdemeanours, correctional, IPS, gets, corrections, detention.
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Noun, singular or mass
correctional, lockup, incarceration, detention.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
imprisonment, jail.
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Proper noun, singular
imprisonment, jails, jail.
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Noun, singular or mass
imprisonment, jail.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Penitentiary:
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n.
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Other antonyms:
unremorseful, impenitent, unrepentant, rehabilitative, outside.
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Hyponym for Penitentiary:
n.
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artifact
correctional institution.
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artifact