Synonyms of pokeys

pokeys

noun

plural of pokey, slang

as in penitentiaries

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

joked about the time he passed out on the street and woke up in the pokey

Synonyms & Similar Words

• penitentiaries
• jails
• prisons
• brigs
• pens
• stockades
• lockups
• big houses
• coops
• hocks
• bastilles
• jugs
• coolers
• cages
• quods
• bridewells
• calabooses
• jailhouses
• nicks
• guardrooms
• clinks
• cans
• tanks
• tolbooths
• slammers
• joints
• dungeons
• bull pens
• hoosegows
• stirs
• slams
• cells
• holes
• labor camps
• holds
• wards
• concentration camps
• work camps
• prison camps
• guardhouses
• hulks
• stalags
• reform schools
• blocks
• keeps
• reformatories
• glasshouses
• training schools
• gulags
• oubliettes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outsides