Definition for Pokey:

• a slang term for jail

Synonyms for Pokey:

• adj.

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

• 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.
  •pokey (noun)
  • clink,
  • jailhouse,
  • dungeon,
  • jerkwater,
  • bullpen,
  • bastille,
  • rack,
  • pound,
  • poky,
  • penal institution,
  • black hole,
  • stockade,
  • slow,
  • laggard,
  • detention camp,
  • up the river,
  • cell,
  • reformatory,
  • provincial,
  • one-horse.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • coop,
  • big house,
  • cooler,
  • house of correction,
  • the slammer,
  • brig.

Antonyms for Pokey:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    fast, outside, cosmopolitan.

Homophones for Pokey:

• poky.