Synonyms of prisoners

prisoners

noun

plural of prisoner

as in captives

one that has been taken and held in confinement

the prisoners were fed only bread and water twice a day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• captives
• captures
• internees
• convicts
• jailbirds
• arrestees
• coprisoners
• abductees
• kidnappees

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• captors
• guards
• keepers
• wardens
• guardians
• marshals
• custodians
• jailers
• kidnappers
• abductors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prisoners

Many said prisoners were often transferred to a new facility and lost their paperwork in the process. — Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026

The new firing squad law didn’t go into effect until this year to grant the prison system time to rebuild its execution chamber to accommodate shooting prisoners to death. — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026

The monarchy was overthrown in the February Revolution of 1917, and the tsar and his family became prisoners of the revolutionaries. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

Grossman arrived at Treblinka—which consisted of separate labor and extermination camps—not long after the Germans had killed nearly all the remaining prisoners and withdrawn. — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

Two prisoners, 59-year-old Michael Fisher and 27-year-old Charles Gates, were killed in the June 6 attack. — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 7 July 2026

Senaka Perera, President of the Committee for Rights of Prisoners, said overcrowded prison facilities and a lack of inmate welfare have kept prisoners in constant agitation and any issue can trigger a massive reaction. — ABC News, 7 July 2026

Moriarty is hiding both Sherlock and Lady Tewkesbury in a cell, and both of the prisoners are trying to figure out why she's chosen them. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

It’s loosely based on an actual Chilean colony where German expatriates tortured prisoners at the behest of General Pinochet. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026