Definition for Prison:

• way Co., So Mo. 5SS; Railroad Co. v. Bell, 112 Pa. 400, 4 Atl. 50; Lewis v. Seifert, 110 Pa. ('. 28, 11 Atl. 514, 2 Am. St. Rep. 031; Minneapolis v. Lund in, 58 Fed. 525, 7 C. C. A. 344; I.indvall v. Woods ( C. C.) 44 Fed. 855; Perras v. Rootli, 82 Minn. 101, S4 N. W. 730; Van Onsen v. Letellier, 73 Mich. 402. 44 N. W. 572; I

Synonyms for Prison:

• n.

  •
  • camp,
  • death camp,
  • concentration camp,
  • detention center,
  • boot camp.
  •
  • free,
  • life,
  • internment,
  • stir,
  • can.
  •artifact (noun)
  • prison,
  • prison house.
  •big house (noun)
  • big schools,
  • calabooses,
  • city hotels,
  • house detention,
  • detention facilities,
  • the rivers,
  • big cages,
  • big-house.
  •enclosure (noun)
  • confinement,
  • barrier,
  • envelopment,
  • trap.
  •penal institution (noun)
  • penal colony,
  • prisoner-of-war camp,
  • penal colonies,
  • military prison,
  • prisoner of war camp.
  •penitentiary (noun)
  • Panopticon.
  •prison (noun)
  • 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.
  •punishment device (noun)
  • 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.
  •reformatory (noun)
  • correctional facilities.
  •residence for incarcerating criminals (noun)
  • G,
  • Statesville.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • house of correction,
  • pokey,
  • life sentence,
  • extraordinary rendition,
  • big house,
  • hard labor,
  • correctional,
  • life imprisonment.
  •
  • rendition,
  • clink,
  • transportation.
  •
  • sentence,
  • solitary.

Paraphrases for Prison:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    penitentiary.
  • Proper noun, singular
    penitentiary, Penitentiaries.
  • Noun, plural
    Penitentiaries.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    penitentiary, gaol.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    penal-correctional.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Crimes, directors, IPS, Trustees, Les, gets.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Reclusion, Les, Institutionalization, gendarmerie, seclusion, Sentencing.
  • Verb, past participle
    Stationed, Served, Caught, locked.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    gets.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    correctional, corrections, imprisonment.
  • Proper noun, singular
    jails, convicts, detention, detentions, incarceration, correctional, imprisoned, prisoner, prisoners, corrections, imprisonment.
  • Noun, plural
    jails.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    detention, incarceration, correctional, jailing, imprisoned, lockup, captivity, prisoner, deprivation, internment, stockade, imprisonment.
  • Verb, past tense
    imprisonment.
  • Verb, past participle
    released, imprisoned, imprisonment.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    imprisoned.

Antonyms for Prison:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    liberty, emancipation, freedom, manumission, independence, release, liberation, redemption, outside.

Prison Sentence Examples:

• I can read it myself; I learned to read in the prison, where they have a class for those that want to learn.

• My husband is taken to prison, to prison, to prison; my husband is taken to prison, to the place of which I know.

Hypernym for Prison:

• n.

  • artifact
    bastille, state prison, chokey, choky, Panopticon, nick.

Hyponym for Prison:

• n.

  • artifact
    correctional institution.

Meronym for Prison:

• n.

  • artifact
    cellblock, ward.