Synonyms of calaboose

calaboose

noun

ˈka-lə-ˌbüs 

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of calaboose

Heritage Village includes an 1881 two-cell calaboose from Mokena, the 1856 Wells Corner one-room schoolhouse from Homer Glen, the 1863 Greenho farmhouse from Crest Hill, the 1881 Wabash railroad depot from Symerton and a Lockport smokehouse. — Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022

Lachenais was arrested and secured in the local calaboose, but a vigilance committee descended upon the jail and tore Lachenais out of his cell. — Yxta Maya Murray, Longreads, 19 Aug. 2020

Brooks was escorted to the calaboose and thrown into the main holding tank with the other prisoners. — Skip Hollandsworth, Esquire, 5 Apr. 2016

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