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pen - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | pen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enclosure |
| Synonyms: | cage, coop, corral, fence, fold, hedge, hutch, jail, penitentiary, prison, sty, wall* |
| Antonyms: | open space |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose |
| Synonyms: | box, cage, case, confine, coop, corral, hedge, close in, fence in, hem in, mew, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | pen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | writing instrument |
| Synonyms: | fountain pen, marker, quill, stick, ball point, felt-tip, nib, reed, stylograph |
| Antonyms: | pencil |
| Main Entry: | pen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write |
| Synonyms: | autograph, compose, draft, draw up, engross, indict, commit to paper, jot down |
| Antonyms: | speak |
| Main Entry: | autograph |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write signature |
| Synonyms: | endorse, engross, inscribe, pen, sign, signature, subscribe, handwrite, ink, write by hand |
| Main Entry: | booth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small enclosure or building |
| Synonyms: | berth, box, compartment, coop, corner, counter, cubbyhole, cubicle, hut, hutch, nook, pen, pew, repository, shed, stall, stand, carrel, cote, dispensary |
| Main Entry: | cage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enclosure with bars |
| Synonyms: | coop, corral, crate, enclosure, fold, jail, pen, pound, mew, pinfold |
| Main Entry: | cage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in enclosure |
| Synonyms: | confine, enclose, envelop, hem, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, pen, restrain, shut up, close in, coop up, fence in, lock up, mew, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go, let out |
| Main Entry: | coop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine |
| Synonyms: | cage, corral, detain, enclose, impound, imprison, incarcerate, intern, keep, pen, shut up, trap, close in, fence in, hem in, hold captive, hold prisoner, lock up, put under lock and key, shut in |
| Notes: | a coop is a cage or enclosure; a co-op is a cooperative organization |
| Antonyms: | set free |
| Main Entry: | corral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enclosure |
| Synonyms: | compound, pen, pound, stockade, paddock |
| Main Entry: | corral |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose |
| Synonyms: | cage, confine, pen, shut up, coop up, fence in, lock up, shut in |
| Antonyms: | set free |
| 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: | enclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put inside, surround |
| Synonyms: | blockade, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, confine, coop, corral, cover, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, hedge, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, intern, jail, limit, pen, restrict, veil, wrap, block off, box up, close in, encase, fence off, hem in, lock in, lock up, mew, mure, set apart, shut in, wall in |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go, unloose |
| Main Entry: | envelop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encase, hide |
| Synonyms: | blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up, enwrap, overspread, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, open, release, uncover, unwrap, let go, let loose |
| Main Entry: | hem/hem in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, restrict |
| Synonyms: | beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, confine, corral, define, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, skirt, surround, verge, begird, close in, hedge in, shut in |
| Antonyms: | release, let go |
| Main Entry: | impound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine |
| Synonyms: | cage, enclose, hold, imprison, keep, pen, seize, take, coop up, fence in, shut in |
| Main Entry: | imprison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine; put in jail |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bottle up*, cage, check, circumscribe, closet, commit, constrain, curb, detain, hold, ice*, immure, impound, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, limit, nab*, occlude, pen, put away, restrain, stockade, trammel, bastille, fence in, hold captive, hold hostage, hold in custody, keep captive, keep in custody, lock in, lock up, put behind bars, rail in, remand, send to prison, send up*, shut in, take prisoner |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for incarceration |
| Synonyms: | black hole*, brig, can*, cell, clink*, cooler*, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, joint*, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack*, reformatory, solitary*, stir*, stockade, bastille, bullpen, jailhouse, slammer*, up the river |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hideout, habitat |
| Synonyms: | burrow, cave, den, earth, form, hideaway, hole, nest, pen, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, resting place |
| Main Entry: | penitentiary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jail |
| Synonyms: | big house*, campus, can*, college, cooler*, inside*, joint*, lockup*, pen*, penal institution, prison, reformatory, stockade, correctional institution, slammer* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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