Synonyms of calaboose
68 similar words
Another word for calaboose is big house. Other synonyms of calaboose are borstal, bridewell, brig, can and chokey.
Synonyms and similar words for calaboose
nounA prison or jail/gaol.
- big house
- borstal
- bridewellA small prison, or a police station that has cells.
- brig
- can
- chokey UK
- choky UK
- clink
- correctional facilityA prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment or social...
- correctional institutionSynonym of correctional facility.
- crowbar hotelJail.
- detention centre
- dungeon
- gaolDated spelling of jail.
- glasshouse
- graybar hotelJail, prison.
- guardhouse
- gulag
- hock
- hole
- honor farmSynonym of prison farm.
- hoosegowA jail.
- house of detentionA prison, especially a temporary one.
- iron housePrison.
- jail
- jailhouseA building containing a prison.
- joint
- jug
- juvenile hallSynonym of youth detention centre.
- juvie
- lockup
- nigger university offensive, slang
- nick
- pen
- penal colonyA colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of criminals, typically where free labor is...
- penitentiary
- pokey
- porridge UK
- prison
- prison camp
- prison farmA large correctional facility in which convicts are forced to do manual labor, largely in open air.
- prison hulk
- prison ship
- queer kenA prison.
- remand center
- roundhouse
- slammer
- slam
- stalag
- stir
- stockade
- tronkA prison.
- up the riverTo prison.
- workhouse
- AlcatrazAn island in San Francisco Bay California, United States, formerly the site of a famous prison; in full, Alcatraz...
- Attica
- Bastille
- DartmoorA pony of a compact, hardy breed found in Devon, England.
- Devil's Island
- Folsom
- Hanoi HiltonHỏa Lò Prison in Vietnam, where prisoners of war were held and tortured.
- Leavenworth
- Lefortovo
- Maze
- Pelican Bay
- San Quentin
- Sing SingA maximum-security prison in New York State.
- Tower
Meaning of calaboose
- noun A prison or jail/gaol.
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