What is another word for prison?
427 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pɹˈɪzən], [ pɹˈɪzən], [ p_ɹ_ˈɪ_z_ə_n]
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Similar words for prison:
- artifact (noun)
- big house (noun)
- enclosure (noun)
- jail (noun)
- lockup (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- penal institution (noun)
- prison (noun)
- punishment device (noun)
- reformatory (noun)
- jail (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Prison:
n.
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- free,
- life,
- internment,
- stir,
- can.
- big schools,
- calabooses,
- city hotels,
- house detention,
- detention facilities,
- the rivers,
- big cages,
- big-house.
- law,
- city hotel,
- correctional facility,
- Calaboose,
- up the river,
- detention facility,
- bullpens,
- state of affairs,
- lockup,
- icebox,
- training school,
- big cage,
- guardhouse,
- slammer,
- guardhouses,
- iceboxes,
- penitentiary,
- jailhouse,
- house of detention,
- pen,
- reformatory,
- stockade,
- slammers,
- enclosure,
- bastilles,
- brig,
- correctional institution,
- jailhouses,
- solitaries,
- bondage,
- place,
- situation,
- bastille,
- big school,
- the river,
- bond,
- hoosegow,
- jail,
- bullpen,
- penal institution,
- building.
- gaol,
- straight jacket,
- confine,
- harness,
- fence,
- pinion,
- coop,
- cell,
- pillory,
- collar,
- keep,
- manacle,
- oubliette,
- jug,
- pound,
- cooler,
- irons,
- dungeon,
- stronghold,
- cage,
- vise,
- shackle,
- tether,
- reform school,
- Alcatraz,
- bridle,
- handcuff,
- San Quentin.
- iron,
- switch,
- block,
- maiden,
- captivity,
- gas chamber,
- ax,
- lash,
- electric chair,
- rawhide,
- cane,
- thong,
- whipping post,
- rack,
- guillotine,
- rope,
- stake,
- cowhide,
- birch rod,
- truncheon,
- rod,
- whip,
- gallows,
- strap,
- solitary confinement,
- noose,
- thumbscrew,
- scaffold,
- gibbet,
- bull whip,
- torture chamber,
- stocks.
v.
• jail (verb)- putting on ice,
- throws dungeon,
- bastilled,
- putting ice,
- de tain,
- sending up,
- putting behind bars,
- puts behind bars,
- throws away keys,
- throwing away keys,
- threw in dungeon,
- threw dungeon,
- throwing the book at,
- throws away the keys,
- takes away,
- de-tains,
- throwing away the keys,
- put ice,
- threw the book at,
- de tains,
- threw away the keys,
- puts ice,
- puts on ice,
- throws in dungeon,
- throw dungeon,
- throwing book at,
- throws book at,
- throwing dungeon,
- de-tain,
- throw away keys,
- bastilling,
- throwing in dungeon,
- throws the book at,
- threw book at,
- threw away keys.
Other synonyms:
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- house of correction,
- pokey,
- life sentence,
- extraordinary rendition,
- big house,
- hard labor,
- correctional,
- life imprisonment.
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- rendition,
- clink,
- transportation.
- sentences,
- put on ice,
- throw the book at,
- lock up,
- take away,
- send up,
- locking up,
- Prisoned,
- railroad,
- sent up,
- throw in dungeon,
- Prisoning,
- railroading,
- locked up,
- taking away,
- throw away the keys,
- put behind bars,
- sends up,
- railroaded,
- took away,
- throw book at.
- gate,
- curb,
- reveal,
- button up,
- under hatches,
- make prisoner,
- federal prison,
- take prisoner,
- tell,
- box up,
- condemned cell,
- detain,
- strong,
- detention camp,
- repress,
- make public,
- influential,
- choky,
- Borstal,
- death house,
- punishment,
- industrial school,
- wall in,
- labor camp,
- college,
- nervous,
- inform,
- citadel,
- breathe,
- spill the beans,
- in charge,
- immure,
- arcanum,
- in chains,
- hard,
- borstal institution,
- betray,
- glasshouse,
- fastness,
- split,
- penologist,
- mystery,
- shut in,
- gloomy,
- blurt out,
- inhibit,
- apprehend,
- commit,
- hatch,
- door,
- apartment,
- potent,
- cogent,
- jail sentence,
- imprisoned,
- put in irons,
- calculator,
- break away,
- incarcerate,
- appreciate,
- break,
- internment camp,
- cloister,
- gulag,
- bind,
- imprison,
- vent,
- contain,
- utter,
- get rid of,
- asylum,
- ark,
- persuasive,
- intern,
- hole,
- clap under hatches,
- elude,
- blab,
- guardroom,
- take captive,
- barricade,
- sturdy,
- take into custody,
- custody,
- poky,
- solid,
- police,
- secret,
- divulge,
- slip away,
- get away,
- make,
- remand home,
- money,
- detention,
- bucket,
- concerned,
- escape,
- give vent,
- home,
- inclose,
- circumscribe,
- captivate,
- in prison,
- break out,
- constrain,
- enchain,
- fold,
- tollbooth,
- seal up,
- shut up,
- arrest,
- lusty,
- sing,
- retreat,
- prevent,
- let fall,
- sanctum sanctorum,
- CHE approved school,
- coerce,
- imprisonment,
- guard,
- peach,
- supervise,
- restrict,
- in limbo,
- refuge,
- ward,
- hulks,
- gateway,
- penal settlement,
- let out,
- compel,
- snitch,
- G,
- donjon,
- chokey,
- affected,
- send to prison,
- Unriddle,
- squeal,
- nick,
- den,
- jailed,
- in custody,
- forcible,
- prison camp,
- Almshouse,
- able,
- entomb,
- worried,
- go away,
- tolbooth,
- Detention Centre,
- Encage,
- limbus,
- take charge of,
- limit,
- bolt in,
- Incage,
- station house,
- Panopticon,
- cork up,
- muscular,
- bottle up,
- stable,
- death row,
- avoid,
- deep,
- clap up,
- ambush,
- bound,
- tattle,
- tell tales,
- incarceration,
- tower,
- castle,
- govern,
- impound,
- make off,
- rat,
- robust,
- good,
- joint,
- dingle,
- watch house,
- steady,
- let slip,
- bent,
- fortress,
- subjugate,
- latency,
- assign,
- forced-labor camp,
- inspect,
- limbo,
- Quod,
- Bridewell,
- lead captive,
- black hole,
- intense,
- restrain,
- rail in,
- commend,
- Statesville,
- speak out,
- sanctuary,
- last resort,
- break loose,
- hem in,
- cordon,
- energetic,
- Archaicbridewell,
- hold,
- state prison,
- justice,
- deliver oneself from,
- bagnio,
- acropolis,
- come out with,
- childbirth,
- privacy.
How to use "Prison" in context?
Prison is a derogatory term for a correctional institution typically used for the detention of criminals. The word is derived from Old French prison, from Latin pro castris "for the troops", in reference to the confinement of soldiers during wartime. In Ancient Rome, the imprisons were often used to hold political offenders, such as dissidents.
Paraphrases for Prison:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
penitentiary.
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Proper noun, singular
penitentiary, Penitentiaries.
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Noun, plural
Penitentiaries.
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Noun, singular or mass
gaol, penitentiary.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
penal-correctional.
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Noun, singular or mass
gendarmerie, seclusion, Les, Reclusion, Sentencing, Institutionalization.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
gets.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
correctional, imprisonment, corrections.
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Proper noun, singular
correctional, detention, imprisoned, imprisonment, incarceration, prisoner, corrections, jails, detentions, convicts, prisoners.
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Noun, plural
jails.
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Noun, singular or mass
captivity, correctional, deprivation, detention, imprisoned, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, lockup, prisoner, stockade, jailing.
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Verb, past tense
imprisonment.
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Verb, past participle
imprisoned, imprisonment, released.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
imprisoned.
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Adjective
Hypernym for Prison:
n.
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artifact
bastille, state prison, chokey, choky, Panopticon, nick.
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artifact
Hyponym for Prison:
n.
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artifact
correctional institution.
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artifact
Meronym for Prison:
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