prisoner
nounHow many syllables in prisoner?
There are 3 syllables in the word prisoner.How to pronounce prisoner:
Definition of prisoner:
- prisoner (noun):
- one on trial or in prison
- a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war.
- a person kept in prison as a punishment for a crime, or while awaiting trial
- a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody
Synonyms for prisoner:
captive
capture
con
convict
detainee
hostage
inmate
internee
jailbird
lag
political detainee
political prisoner
pow
prisoner of war
surety
unfortunate
unfortunate person
yard bird
yardbird
Antonyms for prisoner:
captor
capturer
enslaver
gaoler
imprisoner
incarcerator
jailer
keeper
kidnapper
master
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- primroses
- primary
- prickly pear
- prickliest
- prevalence
- prettier
- prescious
- premises
- premio
- prejudiced
- preheated
- prednisone
- predators
- precedent
- precautions
- preachers
- prayerful
- practicing
- practices
- potency
- potatoes
- portsoken
- portmanteau
- porphyry
- poppadoms
- ponytail
- pondering
- polymer
- polluted
- polito
- politic
- poaceae
- plundering
- plenary
- pleistocene
- pleadingly
- plantations
- placenta
- pitocin
- pirouette
- pirogen
- piracy
- pioneers
- pinetum
- pinata
- pimento
- pilgrimage
- pictogram
- pickaxe
- pianist
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