Thesaurus:prisoner

Thesaurus

prisoner

English

Noun

Sense: person put to prison

Synonyms

• inmate
• prisoner
• guest of Her Majesty

Hypernyms

• captive
• convict
• jailbird

Hyponyms

• detainee
• ghost prisoner
• inmate
• lifer
• political prisoner
• POW
• prisoner of conscience
• prisoner of war

Seealso

• Thesaurus:prison
• Thesaurus:imprison

Further reading

• “754. prisoner” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “prisoner” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.