Definition for Pokey:

• a slang term for jail

Synonyms for Pokey:

• adj.

  •sluggish (adjective)
  • drippy,
  • apathetic,
  • slack,
  • slothful,
  • pokey,
  • lethargic,
  • sullen,
  • sluggard,
  • laid-back*,
  • down,
  • lifeless,
  • phlegmatic,
  • slumberous,
  • languorous,
  • stagnant,
  • inert,
  • off,
  • inactive,
  • indolent,
  • stiff,
  • listless,
  • blah*,
  • dragging,
  • comatose,
  • hebetudinous,
  • leaden,
  • unresponsive.

• n.

  •
  • jug,
  • free,
  • the clink,
  • pen,
  • keep,
  • the can,
  • stir,
  • prison,
  • can.
  •
  • unnatural,
  • strained,
  • troubling,
  • strange,
  • cramped,
  • claustrophobic,
  • uncomfortable,
  • tight,
  • heavy,
  • unsettling.
  •
  • lazy,
  • languid,
  • unhurried,
  • measured,
  • leisurely,
  • steady,
  • stately,
  • sedate,
  • deliberate.
  •dawdling (noun)
  • dawdling.
  •dilatory (noun)
  • dilatory.
  •jerkwater (noun)
  • jerkwater.
  •laggard (noun)
  • laggard.
  •one-horse (noun)
  • one-horse.
  •pokey (noun)
  • slow,
  • provincial,
  • joint*,
  • inside*,
  • solitary*,
  • stir*,
  • poky,
  • can*.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • coop,
  • big house,
  • cooler,
  • house of correction,
  • the slammer,
  • brig.
  •Other relevant words:
  • execrable,
  • foul,
  • bastille,
  • Detention Centre,
  • chokey,
  • penal institution,
  • flagrant,
  • low,
  • kraal,
  • reptilian,
  • cage,
  • stockade,
  • muggy,
  • fulsome,
  • inside,
  • skimpy,
  • scabby,
  • dungeon,
  • torpid,
  • dirty,
  • contemptible,
  • corral,
  • jailhouse,
  • lumpish,
  • beggarly,
  • humdrum,
  • arrant,
  • vile,
  • click,
  • measly,
  • paltry,
  • base,
  • Borstal,
  • air duct,
  • bucket,
  • oubliette,
  • cell,
  • solitary,
  • guardroom,
  • obnoxious,
  • despicable,
  • unmentionable,
  • mean,
  • little,
  • Archaicbridewell,
  • reform school,
  • snide,
  • detention camp,
  • grave,
  • cheesy,
  • dopy,
  • wretched,
  • hole,
  • low-down,
  • prosy,
  • incommodious,
  • confinement,
  • wasting time,
  • pedestrian,
  • niggling,
  • Bridewell,
  • scurvy,
  • clink,
  • plodding,
  • shoddy,
  • detention,
  • heinous,
  • remand home,
  • nick,
  • petty,
  • soggy,
  • scrubby,
  • pindling,
  • reformatory,
  • rack,
  • vacancy,
  • wearisome,
  • pettifogging,
  • dopey,
  • playpen,
  • small,
  • pound,
  • choky,
  • Quod,
  • abject,
  • black hole,
  • enclosure,
  • bullpen,
  • abominable,
  • stodgy,
  • holly,
  • cavity,
  • pencil,
  • joint,
  • monstrous,
  • shabby,
  • atrocious,
  • odious,
  • prosaic,
  • CHE approved school,
  • house of detention,
  • enormous,
  • ballpoint,
  • nefarious,
  • vapid,
  • peddling,
  • piddling,
  • miserable,
  • mangy,
  • lock up,
  • monotonous,
  • rank,
  • scummy,
  • unreadable,
  • up the river,
  • gaol,
  • Unlively,
  • gross,
  • nib,
  • bland,
  • fractional,
  • jail,
  • tardy,
  • fold,
  • poor,
  • keep up,
  • puny.

Antonyms for Pokey:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    fast, outside, cosmopolitan.

Homophones for Pokey:

• poky.