Synonyms of interned

interned 1 of 2

adjective

as in imprisoned

taken and held prisoner

the soldiers daringly rescued their interned comrades without the loss of a single life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imprisoned
• arrested
• captive
• captured
• jailed
• incarcerated
• confined
• kidnapped
• caught
• apprehended
• behind bars
• enslaved
• trapped
• bound
• occupied
• abducted
• indentured
• subjugated
• subdued
• ensnared

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• free
• released
• liberated
• unconfined
• freed
• unrestrained
• emancipated
• delivered
• paroled
• enfranchised

interned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of intern

as in jailed

to put in or as if in prison

some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of interned

Verb

Peyton Stewart was a 21-year-old international business major who grew up with her sister in Westwood, New Jersey, studied abroad in London and interned at TikTok. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026

Johnson hired a young Ossoff as a staffer on the recommendation of the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis, the civil rights icon Ossoff interned for and considered a mentor. — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

Black Americans were struggling against the legacy of Jim Crow, and Abdeen interned with Ernest Goodman, a civil-rights lawyer who was reviving the National Lawyers Guild, a collective of progressive legal professionals. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

During her collegiate studies, Jones actually interned for NBC 5 back during the summer of 2022. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026

But the younger Meek isn’t emerging out of nowhere, either, having interned for congressional committees and the Executive office of the President under Joe Biden, according to his LinkedIn. — Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026

Maney is a New Jersey native who once interned with radio shock jock Howard Stern and also worked with radio personality Elvis Duran. — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026

Lake previously interned at the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office and has worked as a legal intern and translator in Beijing, China. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026

One of our young people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, interned at a company in their risk management department. — Byron V. Garrett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026