jail | Definition of jail

jail

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of jail

to put in or as if in prison

threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked

Synonyms of jail

commit, confine, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jug, lock (up)

Words Related to jail

constrain, limit, restrain, restrict, shut

apprehend, arrest, bust [slang], capture, catch, detain, nab, pick up, pinch, seize

impress, shanghai

hold, impound, keep

bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

Near Antonyms of jail

emancipate, enfranchise, manumit, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Antonyms of jail

discharge, free, liberate, release