Synonyms of calaboose

calaboose

noun

as in jail

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

fittingly, the calaboose in that one-horse town consisted of a single cell

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outside

• outside

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