Synonyms for prison guard

Most common

jailer · correction officer · warder

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   An armed person working to provide order, security, discipline, punishment, and prevent escapes of prisoners in a jail that answers to a warden.

Related words

Other spellings

prisonguard

Example sentences

• jailer You don't have to be nice to your jailer.

By length

3 letters

cop¹

5 letters

screw¹

6 letters

jailer², warder²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jailer² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

gardien de prison

Italiano

secondino