Synonyms for cage

Most common

immure

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.

2. n. 1

   An enclosure made of spaced bars, normally to hold animals while providing some ventilation.

   We keep a bird in a cage.

Related words

Word family

cager cagey

Phrases

baby cage squirrel cage batting cage cage ball cage cup cage gear cock cage fish cage

Forms

Plural

cages → cribs, cars, co-ops, automobiles…

Past participle

caged
e.g. caged → pounded, mewed, confined, imprison'd…

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

car¹, mew¹

4 letters

crib¹

5 letters

pound¹

6 letters

immure

7 letters

confine²

8 letters

imprison³

10 letters

automobile⁴

11 letters

incarcerate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (confine² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

encager