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jug

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of jug

1 a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
  • told them to move along or they'd get thrown in the jug
Synonyms of jug

brig, calaboose, cooler, guardroom, hoosegow, jail, jailhouse, lockup, pen, penitentiary, prison, stockade
Words Related to jug

bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank

block, ward

guardhouse, hulk(s)

concentration camp, labor camp, prison camp, work camp

dungeon, keep
Near Antonyms of jug

outside
2 a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout
  • The host put a jug of milk on the table.
Synonyms of jug

ewer, flagon, pitcher
Words Related to jug

carafe, decanter

bucket, pail, pot

bottle, canteen, cup, fiasco, flask, jorum, mug, stein, stoup, tankard

kettle, teakettle

jug

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of jug

to put in or as if in prison
  • The luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them.
Synonyms of jug

commit, confine, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up)
Words Related to jug

constrain, limit, restrain, restrict, shut

bar, gate

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 jug

emancipate, enfranchise, manumit, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
Antonyms of jug

discharge, free, liberate, release

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