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Synonyms for incarcerate

15 synonyms
1 antonym
1 meaning

verb

Most common

imprison jail confine commit

All synonyms

Verb

1. Imprison — to lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law

imprison, jail, confine, gaol UK, commit, put away, remand, shut, immure, cage, pen, lag, jug, bastille

Other

carcerate rare

Antonyms

All antonyms of incarcerate →

Definitions

v. 1
To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.

Related words

Word family: incarceration

Forms

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

Example sentences

jail It's been 10 days since my boyfriend went to jail.
commit The poet attempted to commit suicide in his study.
confine Confine your remarks to the matter we are discussing.
imprison There is no prison to imprison our thoughts.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
incarcerate		rising
jail		rising
commit		rising
confine		falling
imprison		steady

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

By length

3 letters: pen¹, lag¹, jug¹
4 letters: shut¹, jail¹, cage¹, gaol
6 letters: commit², remand², immure
7 letters: confine²
8 letters: bastille², imprison³
9 letters: carcerate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (commit² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: incarcérer
Español: encarcelar
Deutsch: inhaftieren