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

1 sense of jail

Sense 1
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))
       => correctional institution -- (a penal institution maintained by the government)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb jail

1 sense of jail

Sense 1
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand -- (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life")
       => confine, detain -- (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)