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Synonyms & Antonyms of pen
(Entry 1 of 5)
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
- earned six years in a federal pen
Synonyms for pen
- bastille,
- big house
- [slang],
- bridewell,
- brig,
- calaboose,
- can,
- clink
- [slang],
- cooler,
- coop,
- guardroom,
- hock,
- hold,
- hoosegow,
- jail,
- jailhouse,
- joint
- [slang],
- jug,
- lockup,
- nick
- [British slang],
- penitentiary,
- pokey
- [slang],
- prison,
- quod
- [British slang],
- slam,
- slammer,
- stir
- [slang],
- stockade,
- tolbooth
- [Scottish]
Words Related to pen
- glasshouse
- [British],
- guardhouse,
- hulk(s)
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pen
noun (2)Synonyms of pen (Entry 2 of 5)
pen
noun (3)Synonyms & Antonyms of pen (Entry 3 of 5)
a person who creates a written work
- Alexander Hamilton is reckoned to be the pseudonymous pen behind two thirds of the Federalist Papers
Synonyms for pen
- author,
- litterateur
- (or littérateur),
- penman,
- scribe,
- scrivener,
- writer
Words Related to pen
- auteur,
- belletrist
- (also belle-lettrist),
- stylist,
- wordsmith
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Antonyms for pen
pen
verb (1)Synonyms of pen (Entry 4 of 5)
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
- remember to pen up the dogs when visitors come over
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pen
verb (2)Synonyms of pen (Entry 5 of 5)
to compose and set down on paper the words of
- though relatively unknown at the time of his death, the composer had penned some of the most memorable show tunes of his era
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“Pen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pen. Accessed 21 Jan. 2022.
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