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Synonyms for inmate
ˈɪnˌmeɪtin·mate

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Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  1. inmatenoun

    one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)

    Synonyms:
    convict, yardbird, yard bird, con, inpatient

  2. inpatient, inmatenoun

    a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated

    Synonyms:
    convict, yardbird, yard bird, con, inpatient

  3. convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbirdnoun

    a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

    Synonyms:
    confidence game, bunco, inpatient, hustle, convict, bunko, confidence trick, bunko game, con game, gyp, yard bird, bunco game, con, sting, yardbird, flimflam

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. inmatenoun

    Synonyms:
    fellow-lodger, fellow-boarder

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. inmatenoun

    Synonyms:
    occupant

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  1. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims:

    This suspect is a prison inmate, a convict, a parole, and maybe that’s where he belongs for the rest of his life.

  2. Hank Clarke:

    The Commonwealth is entrusted with the health and safety of all persons in their custody. Tyrone Briggs may have been an inmate, but Tyrone Briggs was still a human being with a family just like any of us and deserved their protection.

  3. Cindy Nesbit:

    We understood that that Mr. Singh's hair was of the utmost importance to Inmate Singh, and this was a clear violation of Inmate Singh religious liberty rights.

  4. Chris Hughes:

    My personal opinion is that she earned the death penalty, i would be OK with life in prison, if she never gets out again, but she deserves the life of a death row inmate.

  5. Joyce Mitchell:

    I know I had agreed to help them escape and run away with them, but I panicked and couldn't follow through with the rest of the plan. I really do love my husband and he's the reason I didn't meet Inmate Richard Matt and Inmate Sweat, human behavior is complex, and the motivations behind behavior can be from many reasons. And so for some, depending on what motivated the behavior or psychiatric conditions they have, it absolutely could be when they're out of that context, or something else happens in their life, that they realize the error of their ways.


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