pokey - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

Synonyms

• clink
• gaol
• jail
• jailhouse
• pokey
• poky
• slammer

More generic

• correctional institution

More specific

• bastille
• holding cell
• hoosegow
• hoosgow
• house of correction
• lockup
• workhouse

Adjective

small and remote and insignificant

Synonyms

• jerkwater
• one-horse
• pokey
• poky

Related

• provincial

Adjective

wasting time

Synonyms

• dilatory
• laggard
• pokey
• poky

Related

• slow

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