Synonyms and antonyms of Spending time in prison in American Thesaurus

behind bars ()

in prison

captive (adjective)

kept as a prisoner

captivity (noun)

a situation in which a person is being kept as a prisoner

condemned (adjective)

a condemned prisoner is waiting to be killed for their crime

custodial (adjective)

legal relating to putting or keeping someone in prison

custody (noun)

legal a situation in which someone is kept in prison until they go to court for trial

detention (noun)

the state of being kept in a police station or prison and not being allowed to leave

do time ()

to be in prison

go down (British)

Britishinformal to go to prison

inside (adjective)

informal spending time in a prison

internment (noun)

the period of time that someone spends interned in a prison

preventive detention (noun)

British a situation in which someone is kept in prison in order to prevent them from committing more crimes, rather than as a punishment

serve (verb)

to spend time in prison

stretch (noun)

informal a period of time spent in prison

term (noun)

the period of time that someone must spend in prison