Synonyms of pokey

pokey

noun

slang

as in jail

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

joked about the time he passed out on the street and woke up in the pokey

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outside