Jail Synonyms and Antonyms
jāl
A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- clink
- slammer
- prison
- house of correction
- penitentiary
- brig
- pokey
- lockup
- pen
- big house
- cooler
- can
- jug
- coop
- stir
- hoosegow
- calaboose
- penal institution
- correctional-facility
- goal
- cell
- carcel
- cage
- guardhouse
- guardroom
- keep
- pound
- reformatory
- stockade
- detention camp
- concentration-camp
- penal settlement
- penal-colony
- house of detention
- dungeon
- bastille
- oubliette
- bridewell
- debtor's prison
- sponging-house
- jailhouse
- black hole
- tank
- joint
- hulks
- gaol
- limbo
- death-house
- poky
Antonyms:
To put in jail
(Verb)
Synonyms:
- imprison
- incarcerate
- jug
- confine
- detain
- immure
- sentence
- put behind bars
- lock up
- throw into the dungeon
- arrest
- bastille
- impound
- book
- brig
- calaboose
- can
- cell
- clink
- cooler
- put in the clink
- dungeon
- hoosegow
- throw in stir
- lag
- throw away the keys
- joint
- intern
- send up the river
- keep
- lockup
- pen
- lock
- penitentiary
- pokey
- prison
- reformatory
- slammer
- stockade
- gaol
- put away
- remand
Words Related to Jail
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