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jail

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of jail

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

sentenced to three years in jail for his crime

Synonyms of jail

bastille, big house [slang], bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, clink [slang], cooler, coop, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jailhouse, joint [slang], jug, lockup, nick [British slang], pen, penitentiary, pokey [slang], prison, quod [British slang], slam, slammer, stir [slang], stockade, tolbooth [Scottish]

Words Related to jail

bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank

glasshouse [British], guardhouse, hulk(s)

concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work camp

dungeon, keep, oubliette

reformatory, reform school, training school

Near Antonyms of jail

jail

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of jail

to put in or as if in prison

threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked

Synonyms of jail

commit, confine, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jug, lock (up)

Words Related to jail

constrain, limit, restrain, restrict, shut

apprehend, arrest, bust [slang], capture, catch, detain, nab, pick up, pinch, seize

impress, shanghai

hold, impound, keep

bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

Near Antonyms of jail

emancipate, enfranchise, manumit, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Antonyms of jail

discharge, free, liberate, release

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