Synonyms for Penitentiary:

• n.

  •
  • death camp,
  • boot camp,
  • detention center,
  • concentration camp,
  • camp.
  •
  • stir,
  • can,
  • free.
  •big house (noun)
  • tank,
  • joint.
  •jail (noun)
  • pound,
  • cell,
  • rack,
  • brig,
  • black hole,
  • detention camp,
  • dungeon.
  •pen (noun)
  • hutch,
  • coop,
  • hedge,
  • sty,
  • fence,
  • cage.
  •penal institution (noun)
  • prisoner-of-war camp,
  • prisoner of war camp,
  • penal colonies,
  • military prison,
  • penal colony,
  • Pow Camp.
  •penitentiary (noun)
  • cooler.
  •prison (noun)
  • 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.
  •punitive (noun)
  • disciplinary,
  • refractory.
  •stockade (noun)
  • barrier,
  • protection.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pokey,
  • house of correction,
  • big house,
  • confessor.
  •
  • clink.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    prison, correctional.
  • Proper noun, singular
    prison, Prisons.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    prison.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pen.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    penal-correctional, Incarcerated, corrections.
  • Proper noun, singular
    misdemeanours, correctional, IPS, gets, corrections, detention.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    correctional, lockup, incarceration, detention.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    imprisonment, jail.
  • Proper noun, singular
    imprisonment, jails, jail.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    imprisonment, jail.

Antonyms for Penitentiary:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    unremorseful, impenitent, unrepentant, rehabilitative, outside.

Hyponym for Penitentiary:

• n.

  • artifact
    correctional institution.