Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bastille

2 senses of bastille

Sense 1
Bastille -- (a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution)
       INSTANCE OF=> fortress, fort -- (a fortified defensive structure)

Sense 2
bastille -- (a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner))
       => jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey -- (a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence))
       => prison, prison house -- (a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment)