Synonyms of immures

immures

verb

present tense third-person singular of immure

1

as in houses

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers

scientists at the research station in Alaska are immured by the frozen wastelands that surround them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• houses
• confines
• includes
• walls (in)
• surrounds
• encases
• boxes (in)
• encloses
• incloses
• mews (up)
• hems (in)
• encages
• fences (in)
• coops (up)
• cages
• pens
• hedges
• closets
• envelops
• corrals
• bounds
• contains
• restricts
• limits
• encompasses
• encysts
• enframes
• rings
• circumscribes
• encircles
• encapsules
• ensheathes
• encapsulates
• enfolds
• enspheres
• frames
• enwombs
• enlaces
• armors
• cocoons

2

as in interns

to put in or as if in prison

immured by a controlling, possessive mother, the young woman had no outside social life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interns
• imprisons
• jails
• locks (up)
• confines
• incarcerates
• commits
• arrests
• detains
• restrains
• catches
• limits
• jugs
• gates
• restricts
• captures
• shuts
• constrains
• bars
• apprehends
• enchains
• picks up
• binds
• impresses
• seizes
• keeps
• pinches
• holds
• impounds
• fetters
• shackles
• shanghais
• busts
• nabs
• trammels
• handcuffs
• manacles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberates
• releases
• frees
• discharges
• enfranchises
• emancipates
• unbinds
• manumits
• unfetters
• unchains
• uncages