Synonyms for jailhouse

Most common

jail · clink · pokey · slammer

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A building containing a prison.

Forms

Plural

jailhouses → jails, gaols, slammers, pokeys…

Example sentences

• jail It's been 10 days since my boyfriend went to jail.
• clink When the knees sway, it is the feet that clink.
• pokey Tom spent all night in the pokey.
• slammer As far as I am concerned, prison and slammer are different things.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

jail¹, gaol

5 letters

clink¹, pokey²

7 letters

slammer²

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