Thesaurus:prison

Thesaurus:prison

THESAURUS

prison

English

Synonyms

• big house

• can

• chokey, choky (UK)

• clink

• correctional facility

• correctional institution

• hock

• joint    [WS]

• jug

• nick

• pen    [WS]

• penitentiary

• porridge (UK)

• prison

• queer ken (UK cant, Polari)

• slammer

• stir

See also

• Thesaurus:jail

Further reading

• “752. prison” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “prison” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.