Synonyms of lockups

lockups

noun

plural of lockup

as in jails

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jails
• penitentiaries
• prisons
• brigs
• stockades
• pens
• coolers
• coops
• cages
• pokeys
• big houses
• nicks
• bastilles
• hocks
• jugs
• guardrooms
• dungeons
• slammers
• jailhouses
• clinks
• quods
• tanks
• bridewells
• joints
• cells
• tolbooths
• cans
• stirs
• hoosegows
• slams
• calabooses
• wards
• bull pens
• holds
• holes
• hulks
• gulags
• guardhouses
• concentration camps
• reformatories
• prison camps
• labor camps
• blocks
• keeps
• work camps
• reform schools
• glasshouses
• training schools
• stalags
• oubliettes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outsides

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lockups

That event will trigger the first wave of stock-sale lockups expiring. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 16 July 2026

While index inclusion will put upward pressure on the stock, expiring lockups over the coming weeks and months will likely add downward pressure as insiders unload shares. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 July 2026

In at least 38 instances, the ring flew six large-payload drones to deliver contraband to federal lockups in Atlanta and Jesup, and at prisons in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 25 June 2026

At least 20% of the shares will be released after second-quarter results are disclosed sometime in the coming months, with all the lockups expiring in December. — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026

Confirm your company's tax withholding rates and IPO lockups do not delay tax obligations. — Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

That demand, combined with its low float — as lockups keep insiders from selling shares for months — could put upward pressure on SpaceX shares. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

Owners reported sudden deceleration, downshifting, and temporary rear wheel lockups in 2015-2017 models. — Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026