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detention synonyms

Trying to find another word for detention in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of detention in 28 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for detention alphabetically.

  • alarm
  • apprehensiveness
  • concern
  • disquiet
  • doubt
  • dread
  • foreboding
  • misgiving
  • mistrust
  • premonition
  • accommodation
  • apprehension
  • appropriation
  • bag
  • booby trap
  • bust
  • captivity
  • capture
  • collar
  • commitment
  • apprehension
  • arrest
  • bust
  • custody
  • delay
  • detainment
  • hindrance
  • holding back
  • holding pen
  • immurement
  • bosom
  • breast
  • chest
  • front
  • aegis
  • auspices
  • care
  • conservation
  • custodianship
  • guardianship
  • keeping
  • management
  • observation
  • preservation
  • adjournment
  • bind
  • check
  • cooling-off period
  • cunctation
  • dawdling
  • demurral
  • detention
  • discontinuation
  • downtime
  • confinement
  • custody
  • hold
  • holding
  • imprisonment
  • Catch-22
  • albatross
  • baggage
  • ball and chain
  • bar
  • barrier
  • catch
  • check
  • clog
  • crimp
  • bit
  • bridle
  • check
  • control
  • curb
  • defer
  • delay
  • deny
  • forbear
  • hold down
  • apprehension
  • arrest
  • arrestation
  • bust
  • custody
  • delay
  • detainment
  • hindrance
  • holding back
  • immurement
  • apprehension
  • arrest
  • arrestation
  • bust
  • custody
  • delay
  • detainment
  • hindrance
  • holding back
  • holding pen
  • Catch-22
  • bar
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • block
  • blockage
  • bottleneck
  • burden
  • catch
  • chain
  • captivity
  • confinement
  • restraint
  • bondage
  • committal
  • confinement
  • constraint
  • custody
  • durance
  • duress
  • enslavement
  • enthrallment
  • entombment
  • apprehension
  • arrest
  • arrestation
  • bust
  • custody
  • delay
  • detainment
  • hindrance
  • holding back
  • holding pen
  • apprehend
  • arrest
  • capture
  • catch
  • clutch
  • cop
  • detain
  • grab
  • nail
  • pick up
  • cage
  • coop
  • corral
  • fence
  • fold
  • hedge
  • hutch
  • jail
  • penitentiary
  • prison
  • acceleration
  • impromptu
  • stimulant
  • compression
  • confinement
  • contraction
  • cramp
  • grasp
  • grasping
  • hurt
  • limitation
  • nip
  • nipping
  • detention
  • lazaretto
  • seclusion
  • segregation
  • separation
  • sequestration
  • abstemiousness
  • abstinence
  • caution
  • coercion
  • command
  • compulsion
  • confines
  • constraint
  • control
  • coolness
  • confinement
  • detainment
  • detention
  • holding
  • reservation
  • withholding
  • apprehension
  • arrest
  • arrestation
  • bust
  • custody
  • delay
  • detainment
  • hindrance
  • holding back
  • holding pen
  • confining
  • curbing
  • deterring
  • hindering
  • prohibiting
  • restrictive
  • confining
  • curbing
  • deterring
  • hindering
  • prohibiting
  • restrictive
  • confining
  • curbing
  • deterring
  • hindering
  • prohibiting
  • restrictive
  • confining
  • curbing
  • deterring
  • hindering
  • prohibiting
  • restrictive
  • confining
  • curbing
  • deterring
  • hindering
  • prohibiting
  • restrictive

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