Definitions

slammer

[slam-er] / ˈslæm ər /

NOUN

big house

Synonyms

WEAK

big cage big school brig calaboose can city hotel cooler coop correctional institution detention facility house of correction house of detention icebox jail joint penitentiary prison tank up the river

NOUN

brig

Synonyms

STRONG

guardhouse prison stockade

NOUN

door

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exit gate

STRONG

aperture egress entry entryway gateway hatch hatchway ingress opening portal postern

Antonyms

STRONG

conclusion

NOUN

gate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bar door doorway exit fence port

STRONG

access conduit egress gateway issue lock opening passage portal portcullis turnstile way weir

WEAK

revolving door

NOUN

jail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cell lockup penitentiary prison

STRONG

bastille brig bullpen can clink cooler dungeon inside jailhouse joint pen pound rack reformatory solitary stir stockade

WEAK

black hole detention camp house of correction penal institution up the river

NOUN

lockup

Synonyms

STRONGEST

penitentiary

STRONG

clink cooler hoosegow pokey prison

WEAK

calaboose

NOUN

penal institution

Synonyms

WEAK

POW camp brig concentration camp dungeon house of detention jail labor camp lockup military prison pen penal colony penitentiary prison prison camp prisoner-of-war camp stockade

NOUN

penitentiary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lockup prison

STRONG

campus can college cooler inside joint pen reformatory stockade

WEAK

big house correctional institution penal institution

NOUN

pokey

Synonyms

STRONG

bastille brig bullpen can cell clink cooler dungeon inside jailhouse joint keep lockup pen penitentiary pound prison rack reformatory solitary stir stockade

WEAK

black hole detention camp house of correction penal institution up the river

NOUN

prison

Synonyms

STRONGEST

confinement jail lockup penitentiary

STRONG

G bastille can clink cooler dungeon guardhouse keep pen reformatory stockade

WEAK

penal institution statesville up the river

NOUN

stockade

Synonyms

STRONG

barrier cage camp can cell clink cooler coop corral dungeon fence jailhouse joint pen penitentiary pound prison protection sty

WEAK

detention camp penal institution

Example Sentences

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This includes a second facility in Florida dubbed "Deportation Depot", and another in Indiana that homeland security officials have named the "Speedway Slammer".

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

But “The Arm,” as she was known, just isn’t the all-time greatest Grand Slammer.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2021

To elevate the energy, I picked up Slammer and held him up in the air above me.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2018

The Mellgrens lease the theater - and since Aug. 1, The Slammer Bed & Breakfast - from Dick and Jennie Maynard, and run the businesses.

From Washington Times • Jan. 3, 2017

They could end up in the Slammer behind air locks and double steel doors, tended by nurses and doctors wearing space suits.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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