Synonyms of detain

1 Syllable

pinch, keep, jail, bust, check, nab, mire

2 Syllables

constrain, withhold, defers, restrain, slowing, nabbed, vised, glomming, restrains, reefing, slowed, intern, retain, glommed, prehend, delay, retard, embog, vising, ice, defer, hinder, stunting, retains, mired, nabbing

3 Syllables

closeted, impede, retarding, husbanded, stockaded, inhibit, remanding, prisoned, interned, railroaded, reserve, imprisons, back-water, imprison, stockading, confine, interning, deferring, railroading, manacling, apprehend

4 Syllables

buttonhole, indenturing, imprisoning

5 Syllables

incarcerating, decelerate, incarcerate, incarcerated