Synonyms of penitentiaries

penitentiaries

noun

plural of penitentiary

as in prisons

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

a sentence in the state penitentiary for robbery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prisons
• jails
• brigs
• stockades
• lockups
• pens
• coops
• cages
• coolers
• big houses
• guardrooms
• hocks
• bastilles
• jugs
• dungeons
• tanks
• joints
• quods
• jailhouses
• pokeys
• bridewells
• cans
• cells
• slammers
• clinks
• tolbooths
• nicks
• calabooses
• stirs
• hoosegows
• wards
• slams
• reformatories
• holes
• guardhouses
• hulks
• bull pens
• gulags
• holds
• labor camps
• prison camps
• concentration camps
• work camps
• glasshouses
• keeps
• blocks
• reform schools
• training schools
• oubliettes
• stalags

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outsides