Synonyms of tolbooth

tolbooth

noun

ˈtō(l)-ˌbüth 

Scottish

as in jail

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

Deacon Brodie, thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was publicly hung at the site of the old tolbooth of Edinburgh

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jail
• prison
• penitentiary
• brig
• guardroom
• bridewell
• stockade
• bastille
• jailhouse
• pen
• coop
• calaboose
• hoosegow
• jug
• big house
• lockup
• cage
• clink
• hock
• cooler
• quod
• slammer
• pokey
• nick
• dungeon
• can
• joint
• stir
• cell
• tank
• guardhouse
• ward
• slam
• hold
• bull pen
• hole
• stalag
• oubliette
• glasshouse
• block
• concentration camp
• gulag
• work camp
• hulk(s)
• prison camp
• labor camp
• reformatory
• keep
• training school
• reform school

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outside