big house | Definition of big house

Synonyms and Antonyms of big house

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

told harrowing stories of his years spent in the big house

Synonyms of big house

bastille, bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, clink [slang], cooler, coop, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jail, jailhouse, joint [slang], jug, lockup, nick [British slang], pen, penitentiary, pokey [slang], prison, quod [British slang], slam, slammer, stir [slang], stockade, tolbooth [Scottish]

Words Related to big house

bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank

glasshouse [British], guardhouse, hulk(s)

concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work camp

dungeon, keep, oubliette

reformatory, reform school, training school

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