Synonyms for prison
ˈprɪz ənprison

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. prisonnoun

   to imprison

   The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.

   Synonyms:
   imprisonment, bridewell

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prison, prison housenoun

   a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

   Synonyms:
   prison house

2. prison, prison housenoun

   a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

   Synonyms:
   prison house

Matched Categories

1. • Correctional Institution
   • Situation

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. prisonnoun

   Synonyms:
   jail, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, house of correction, DUNGEON

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prisonnoun

   Synonyms:
   penitentiary, bridewell, jail, house of correction, clink, bastille

   Associated words:
   mittimus, commit, commitment, turnkey, warden, remand, prisoner, convict

2. prisonverb

   Synonyms:
   imprison, incarcerate

   Associated words:
   mittimus, commit, commitment, turnkey, warden, remand, prisoner, convict

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "prison":

   jail, imprisonment, prisons, penitentiary, jails, correctional, detention, gaol, penal, incarceration, custody, jailed, corrections, cárcel, imprisoned, brig, prisión, inmate, jailing

Suggested Resources

1. prison

   The prison symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the prison symbol and its characteristic.

How to pronounce prison?

How to say prison in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use prison in a sentence?

1. Steve Fama:

   It’d be an awful shame if those people were returned to prison, those patients have been proven not to need a prison setting given their medical conditions.

2. Olivia Pope:

   They almost handed this job to a man who had been in prison, why? Because a woman in power is a nasty woman.

3. Artur Samarin:

   I am guilty. I am, it's justice. What can I say? I did abuse the system. Yes I did. I did use this identity and it's the law. ... I'm here in this prison because I've done a crime.

4. Jordi Sanchez:

   Nine years in prison won't end my optimism. Catalonia will be independent if we persist. Let us demonstrate without fear, let us move forward determinedly from non-violence to freedom.

5. Alex Bastian:

   In any case where any individual committed a crime as a 17-year-old, the Parole Board will take into consideration the fact that a teenager’s behavioral and cognitive abilities were not fully developed when he committed the crime, after more than three decades in prison, it is likely that the Parole Board has determined that this individual is not the same person as when he was 17.