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Synonyms for immure

  • verb

Most common

shut confine imprison incarcerate shut-up inter

All synonyms

Verb

1. Imprison — to cloister, confine, imprison or hole up, to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls

imprison, incarcerate, confine, put away, shut, jail, shut away, cage, jug, bastille, lag, gaol UK, cloister, hem up, remand

Other

shut-up, inter

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.

Related words

Word family
immured immurement

Forms

Past participle
immured
e.g. immured → imprison'd, incarcerated, confined, jailed…

Example sentences

  • shut She shut her eyes because the light was so strong.
  • confine Confine your remarks to the matter we are discussing.
  • imprison There is no prison to imprison our thoughts.
  • incarcerate If we incarcerate these old men, we can take control.
  • inter My favorite team is Inter Milano in Italy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
immuresteady
shutrising
confinefalling
imprisonsteady
incarceraterising

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

By length

3 letters
lag1, jug1
4 letters
shut1, jail1, cage1, gaol
5 letters
inter2
6 letters
remand2
7 letters
confine2
8 letters
bastille2, imprison3, cloister2
11 letters
incarcerate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inter2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
emmurer