Synonyms of bastille

bastille

noun

ba-ˈstēl 

as in jail

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jail
• prison
• penitentiary
• brig
• stockade
• bridewell
• jailhouse
• calaboose
• lockup
• guardroom
• tolbooth
• slammer
• coop
• cooler
• hoosegow
• nick
• pen
• pokey
• cage
• clink
• big house
• jug
• hock
• stir
• dungeon
• can
• quod
• cell
• tank
• joint
• slam
• guardhouse
• bull pen
• oubliette
• hold
• stalag
• ward
• hole
• block
• reformatory
• gulag
• concentration camp
• work camp
• glasshouse
• labor camp
• prison camp
• hulk(s)
• keep
• reform school
• training school

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outside

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bastille

For his part, Bowie celebrated the election by joining forces with John Barleycorn and evicting the residents of the local bastille. — Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018

In these wet, wooden bastilles in New York waters, more Americans died than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War combined. — Benedict Cosgrove, Smithsonian, 13 Mar. 2017