lock (up) 1 of 2
verb
as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key! Synonyms & Similar Words
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- jail
- imprison
- intern
- incarcerate
- confine
- arrest
- detain
- restrain
- commit
- limit
- immure
- jug
- shut
- capture
- catch
- gate
- constrain
- restrict
- pick up
- shanghai
- apprehend
- bar
- bind
- pinch
- seize
- shackle
- keep
- fetter
- nab
- hold
- impress
- bust
- enchain
- impound
- handcuff
- manacle
- trammel
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- liberate
- discharge
- release
- free
- manumit
- enfranchise
- unbind
- emancipate
- unfetter
- unchain
- uncage
lockup
2 of 2noun
as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups Synonyms & Similar Words
- jail
- penitentiary
- prison
- brig
- jailhouse
- slammer
- stockade
- calaboose
- bridewell
- pokey
- guardroom
- hoosegow
- pen
- bastille
- cage
- cooler
- big house
- coop
- clink
- slam
- joint
- hock
- dungeon
- stir
- cell
- tolbooth
- can
- nick
- jug
- hold
- quod
- tank
- guardhouse
- bull pen
- ward
- gulag
- block
- reformatory
- stalag
- prison camp
- keep
- hole
- labor camp
- work camp
- concentration camp
- oubliette
- reform school
- glasshouse
- hulk(s)
- training school
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- outside