Arrested Synonyms and Antonyms

To compel, as the attention, interest, or imagination, of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. grabbed
  2. transfixed
  3. spellbound
  4. riveted
  5. mesmerized
  6. held
  7. gripped
  8. fascinated
  9. enthralled
Take into custody
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. collared
  2. nabbed
  3. busted
  4. nailed
  5. pinched
  6. stopped
  7. secured
  8. jailed
  9. seized
  10. incarcerated
  11. imprisoned
  12. unhewn
  13. apprehended
  14. grabbed
  15. trapped
  16. copped
  17. contained
  18. thwarted
  19. taken
  20. detained
  21. stemmed
  22. stayed
  23. snared
  24. retarded
  25. checked
  26. restrained
  27. caught
  28. obstructed
  29. captured
  30. netted
  31. gotten
  32. intercepted
  33. hooked
  34. hindered
  35. halted
  36. dwarfed
  37. deterred
  38. deferred
  39. canned
  40. held
  41. attached
Antonyms:
  1. paroled
  2. liberated
  3. freed
To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stopped
  2. stayed
  3. stalled
  4. halted
  5. discontinued
  6. checked
  7. ceased
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. taken into custody
  2. cretinistic
  3. delayed-action
  4. hypoplastic
  5. latish
  6. mongoloid
  7. moratory
  8. oversimple
  9. pent-up
  10. simpletonian
  11. unblown
  12. unlabored

Words Related to Arrested

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Arrested Sentence Examples

  • He was arrested and jailed.

  • He lived with his mother here in Santa Barbara until he was arrested and sent away.

  • It is no longer legal for people to be secretly arrested, not charged, and left to rot in jail.

  • Then a patrol arrived and all the men--all those who were not looting, that is--were arrested, and I among them.

  • Speeding on our highways— Mr. Dean knows about that first-hand—my competent deputy arrested him for doing just that a few days ago.

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