Synonyms for gaol

Most common

prison · remand · imprison · incarcerate · compound

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   Dated spelling of jail.

2. n. 1

   Dated spelling of jail.

Related words

Phrases

gaol fever

Forms

Plural

gaols → jailhouses, slammers, pokeys, clinks…

Past participle

gaoled
e.g. gaoled → prisoned, imprison'd, incarcerated, remanded…

Example sentences

• prison I hear he was released after five years in prison.
• remand I will remand the order I despatched to my banker.
• imprison There is no prison to imprison our thoughts.
• incarcerate If we incarcerate these old men, we can take control.
• compound In German, compound words are written as one word!

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

lag¹, jug¹

5 letters

clink¹, pokey²

6 letters

prison², remand², immure

7 letters

slammer²

8 letters

compound², bastille², imprison³

9 letters

jailhouse²

11 letters

incarcerate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pokey² = 2 syllables).