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Synonyms & Antonyms of prison
1
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
- the ongoing debate whether drug users should go to prison
Synonyms for prison
- 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],
- pen,
- penitentiary,
- pokey
- [slang],
- quod
- [British slang],
- slam,
- slammer,
- stir
- [slang],
- stockade,
- tolbooth
- [Scottish]
Words Related to prison
- glasshouse
- [British],
- guardhouse,
- hulk(s)
Near Antonyms for prison
2
the act of confining or the state of being confined
- the view that prison does nothing to cure the criminal—if anything, it makes him worse
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