Detain Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-tān
To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. delay
  2. hang-up
  3. hold up
  4. lag
  5. retard
  6. set back
  7. slow
  8. stall
To keep in custody
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hold
  2. delay
  3. hold up
Antonyms:
  1. free
  2. let-go
  3. release
  4. liberate

Words Related to Detain

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.

Detain Sentence Examples

  • I won't detain you longer, General.

  • The other parts of the flower need not detain us.

  • John and Philip wrote to the emperor to beg him to detain his captive at all costs, but Henry VI.

  • Epicureanism need not detain us.

  • During World War I the number of immigrants decreased, leaving facilities available to detain suspected enemy aliens from 1918 to 1919 . Ellis Island resumed processing immigrants in 1920.

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