detained

Strongest matches

• circumscribed
• cramped
• imprisoned
• restrained
• restricted

Strong matches

• bound
• chilled
• compassed
• cramp
• grounded
• hampered
• held
• hog-tied
• iced
• immured
• incarcerated
• indisposed
• invalided
• jailed
• pent
• sick

Weak matches

• bedfast
• bedridden
• bottled-up
• cooped up
• flattened out
• in chains
• in jail
• incommodious
• laid up
• locked up
• on ice
• sealed up
• shut-in

Strong matches

• adhered
• believed
• clutched
• controlled
• defended
• gripped
• guarded
• occupied
• retained
• taken

Strong matches

• confined
• restrained
• secluded

Weak matches

• cordoned off
• sealed off
• shut off
• shut up
• under quarantine

Strongest matches

• maintained
• received
• saved

Strong matches

• confined
• contained
• had
• held
• included
• owned
• possessed
• remembered
• reserved
• restrained
• secured
• sustained
• treasured
• withheld

Weak match

• held-back

Strongest matches

• dull
• gradual
• low
• moderate
• sluggish
• stagnant
• stiff
• tame
• tedious
• time-consuming

Strong matches

• delayed
• down
• hindered
• impeded
• lingering
• off
• prolonged
• protracted
• reduced
• slack

Weak matches

• backward
• behindhand
• belated
• conservative
• dead
• dilatory
• draggy
• inactive
• long-delayed
• long-drawn-out
• overdue
• sleepy
• tardy
• uneventful
• unproductive
• unprogressive
• unpunctual

Strongest matches

• belated
• delayed
• delinquent
• overdue
• sluggish

Weak matches

• backward
• behindhand
• dawdling
• dilatory
• held up
• hung up
• in a bind
• jammed
• laggard
• loitering
• not arrived
• not done
• procrastinating
• slack
• slow
• strapped for time
• too late
• unpunctual