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custody - 17 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | custody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supervision, charge of something |
| Synonyms: | aegis, auspices, care, conservation, guardianship, keeping, management, observation, preservation, protection, safekeeping, salvation, ward, watch, custodianship, superintendence, trusteeship, tute-lage, wardship |
| Main Entry: | custody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confinement, jailing |
| Synonyms: | arrest, detention, duress, imprisonment, incarceration, jail, keeping |
| Antonyms: | freedom, liberation, liberty |
| Main Entry: | captivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical detention by force |
| Synonyms: | bondage, confinement, constraint, custody, duress, enslavement, entombment, imprisonment, incarceration, jail, limbo, restraint, servitude, slavery, committal, durance, enthrallment, impoundment, internment, serfdom, subjection, thralldom, vassalage |
| Antonyms: | freedom, independence, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | clutches |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal power |
| Synonyms: | control, custody, grasp, grip, keeping, possession, sway, claws, hands |
| Main Entry: | conservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preservation |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, control, custody, economy, governing, guardianship, keeping, maintenance, management, managing, protection, safekeeping, salvation, saving, storage, supervision, upkeep, cherishing, conservancy, conserving, directing, guarding, preserval, preserving, protecting, safeguarding, stewardship, supervising, sustentation |
| Antonyms: | destruction, neglect, waste, spending, squandering |
| Main Entry: | detention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confinement, imprisonment |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, arrest, bust*, custody, delay, hindrance, impediment, incarceration, nab, pen*, pickup, pinch*, quarantine, restraint, retention, withholding, arrestation, detainment, holding back, holding pen, immurement, internment, keeping in, time up the river |
| Antonyms: | freedom, liberation, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, guardianship |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, insurance, preservation, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, guarding, invulnerability, protecting, reassurance, self-defense, wardship |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | restriction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limit |
| Synonyms: | ball and chain, brake, catch, check, condition, confinement, constraint, contraction, control, cramp, curb, custody, demarcation, fine print, glitch*, handicap, hang-up*, inhibition, limitation, lock*, qualification, regulation, reservation, restraint, rule, stint, stipulation, stricture, string*, stumbling block*, bounds, circumscription, containment, excess baggage, grain of salt, limits, no-no, small difficulty |
| Antonyms: | enlargement, expansion, freedom, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | safekeeping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, assurance, care, certainty, cover, custody, guardianship, insurance, preservation, refuge, safeguard, security, shelter, supervision, trust, guarding, protecting, reassurance |
| Main Entry: | tutelage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guardianship; teaching |
| Synonyms: | care, custody, education, guidance, instruction, lesson, preparation, protection, supervision, training, tutoring, apprenticeship, coaching, drilling, schooling |
| Main Entry: | confinement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imprisonment; restriction |
| Synonyms: | check, coercion, constraint, control, cramp, curb, custody, detention, incarceration, jail, keeping, limitation, repression, safekeeping, bonds, bounding, bounds, circumscription, constrainment, delimitation, immuration, internment, trammels |
| Antonyms: | freedom, liberation |
| Main Entry: | possession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control, ownership |
| Synonyms: | custody, dominion, hold, occupancy, occupation, retention, tenancy, tenure, title, possessorship, proprietary, proprietary rights, proprietorship |
| Antonyms: | lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | security |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | safety, protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, agreement, armament, armor, asylum, bail, bond, care, collateral, compact, contract, covenant, cover, custody, defense, earnest, freedom, guarantee, guard, immunity, insurance, pact, pawn, pledge, precaution, preservation, promise, redemption, refuge, retreat, safeguard, safekeeping, salvation, sanctuary, shelter, shield, surety, surveillance, token, ward, warrant, safeness, safety measure |
| Antonyms: | danger, insecurity, peril, trouble |
| Main Entry: | imprisonment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forcible detention |
| Synonyms: | bondage, captivity, captivity, confinement, custody, duress, incarceration, isolation, quarantine, restraint, durance, immuration, remand, thraldom, thralldom |
| Antonyms: | freedom, liberty |
| Main Entry: | oversight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, supervision |
| Synonyms: | administration, aegis, charge, check, control, custody, direction, guard, guardianship, handling, inspection, keep, keeping, maintenance, management, surveillance, tutelage, intendance, superintendence |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | care, commitment, concern, custody, duty, millstone, must, need, obligation, office, onus, responsibility, right, safekeeping, task, tax, trust, ward, weight, committal, deadweight, ought |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supervisory responsibility |
| Synonyms: | care, conduct, custody, handling, management, oversight, running, supervision, ward, intendance, superintendence, superintendency |
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