Synonyms of brig

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brig

noun

See Dictionary Definition

as in jail

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

the captain ordered that the prisoner be thrown into the brig immediately

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jail
• prison
• penitentiary
• stockade
• bridewell
• calaboose
• guardroom
• slammer
• hoosegow
• lockup
• jailhouse
• bastille
• pen
• tolbooth
• pokey
• coop
• jug
• clink
• cage
• cooler
• big house
• nick
• dungeon
• hock
• tank
• can
• stir
• joint
• cell
• guardhouse
• quod
• slam
• hold
• bull pen
• ward
• stalag
• gulag
• hole
• keep
• reformatory
• oubliette
• prison camp
• labor camp
• glasshouse
• work camp
• concentration camp
• block
• hulk(s)
• reform school
• training school

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outside

• outside