prisoner

Meaning of prisoner

noun
  1. a person legally committed to prison as a punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial.
    a prisoner serving a life sentence

late Middle English: from Old French prisonier, from prison (see prison).

Information about prisoner

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of prisoner is: prisoners.
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Hyphenation of prisoner

pris-oner

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • prisoner is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

prisoner synonyms

Meaning captive:

captive

Meaning a person found guilty of a criminal offence and serving a sentence of imprisonment:

convict

Meaning a person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital:

inmate

Meaning a prisoner who is given special privileges or responsibilities in return for good behaviour:

trusty

Meaning a person who is or has been in prison, especially a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly:

jailbird

Meaning an instance of deceiving or tricking someone:

con

Meaning a person serving a life sentence:

lifer

Meaning a new military recruit, especially one assigned to menial tasks:

yardbird

Meaning a system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place:

transport

Translation of prisoner

Words that rhyme with prisoner

oner, blaoner, boner, deboner, jawboner, ribboner, Falconer, baconer, coner, falconer, underfalconer, Doner, Londoner, abandoner, condoner, guerdoner, londoner, pardoner, bludgeoner, dungeoner, luncheoner, pigeoner, truncheoner, Waggoner, Wagoner, cosmogoner, doggoner, goner, jargoner, wagoner, antiphoner, honer, marathoner, phoner, scrimshoner, telephoner, ultramarathoner, Congregationer, accessioner, actioner, admonitioner, antimissioner, apportioner, augmentationer, cautioner, coalitioner, cocautioner, collationer, collectioner, commissioner

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