Synonyms of immured

immured 1 of 2

adjective

as in imprisoned

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imprisoned
• inclosed
• caged
• chained
• enclosed
• penned
• confined
• fettered
• leashed
• manacled
• bolted
• anchored
• caught
• fastened
• shackled
• tied
• bound
• restrained
• unfree
• kidnapped
• kidnaped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• free
• unbound
• unconfined
• loose
• escaped
• unrestrained
• footloose
• unfettered
• unleashed
• unchained
• uncaged

immured

2 of 2

verb

past tense of immure

1

as in housed

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

• housed
• confined
• encased
• enclosed
• surrounded
• caged
• inclosed
• included
• closeted
• encaged
• penned
• enveloped
• hedged
• fenced (in)
• cooped (up)
• hemmed (in)
• corralled
• walled (in)
• bounded
• mewed (up)
• restricted
• boxed (in)
• contained
• circumscribed
• limited
• encompassed
• encircled
• ringed
• cocooned
• enfolded
• encysted
• encapsulated
• armored
• enframed
• framed
• enlaced
• ensheathed
• encapsuled
• enwombed
• ensphered

2

as in jailed

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

• imprisoned
• jailed
• interned
• incarcerated
• confined
• detained
• committed
• locked (up)
• restrained
• arrested
• constrained
• caught
• jugged
• restricted
• shut
• captured
• limited
• apprehended
• barred
• bound
• gated
• fettered
• seized
• shackled
• kept
• enchained
• pinched
• held
• impressed
• trammelled
• impounded
• manacled
• handcuffed
• trammeled
• shanghaied
• busted
• bust
• picked up
• nabbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberated
• freed
• discharged
• released
• emancipated
• enfranchised
• manumitted
• unbound
• unchained
• unfettered
• uncaged