Synonyms of prisoners

prisoners

noun

plural of prisoner

as in captives

one that has been taken and held in confinement

the prisoners were fed only bread and water twice a day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• captives
• captures
• internees
• convicts
• jailbirds
• arrestees
• coprisoners
• abductees
• kidnappees

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• captors
• guards
• keepers
• wardens
• guardians
• marshals
• custodians
• jailers
• kidnappers
• abductors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prisoners

Hospital staff were working to save Pike's life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners, her lawyers wrote in a Friday filing in Davidson County Chancery Court. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Hospital staff, her lawyers said, were working to save Pike’s life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Silver found that prisoners remained exposed to grave threats of harm and suffering because of systematic deficiencies in their healthcare. — Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

One man was already pounding another's head into a small hole that prisoners used as a toilet. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Their status as prisoners would make their fake reports believable and cause Germany to defend the wrong front. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, prisoners increasingly end up spending more time in their cells, with less access to rehabilitative programs and more incentive to pass the time taking illicit drugs. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

While waiting for the prisoners to emerge out of the federal courthouse elevators, attorneys were seen searching online to quickly familiarize themselves with the case, which has already led to four convictions in May. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Krieps played the notorious wife of a Nazi concentration camp commander, Ilsa Koch, who was said to torture prisoners and make household objects out of human skin. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026