Synonyms for incarceration
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
Related words
- Word family
- incarcerate
Forms
- Plural
- incarcerations → imprisonments, confinements, jailings, captivities…
Example sentences
- imprisonment The judge sentenced him to one year's imprisonment.
- captivity In captivity, a giraffe may live up to 40 years old.
- confinement Bruno spends his birthday in solitary confinement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incarceration | rising | |
| imprisonment | falling | |
| captivity | rising | |
| confinement | falling | |
| jailing | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- jailing2, durance
- 9 letters
- captivity4
- 10 letters
- immurement
- 11 letters
- confinement3
- 12 letters
- imprisonment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jailing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- incarcération
- Italiano
- carcerazione