Dungeon

//ˈdʌn.d͡ʒən//

Synonyms for "dungeon" (55 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

keep bastille black hole borstal borstal institution bridewell brig cell concentration camp

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (17)

condemned cell death cell death house death row detention camp donjon federal prison forced-labor camp gaol guardhouse hole house of correction house of detention industrial school internment camp jail

Noun(1 words)

donjon

Related words (27)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

5 entries

cell fastness jail cell prison cell stronghold

More specific

1 entries

oubliette

Synonyms

1 entries

keep

at location

1 entries

basement

dbpedia genre

1 entries

role playing game

dbpedia language

1 entries

english language

derived

21 entries

dungeon crawl dungeon crawler dungeon master dungeon mastering dungeon mistress dungeon monitor dungeon rap dungeon synth dungeon-mastering dungeonable dungeoneer dungeoner dungeonesque dungeonish dungeonlike dungeonous

Showing 16 of 21 words.

etymologically related_to

2 entries

dingle dung

has context

2 entries

bdsm games

is a

3 entries

cell magazine underground cell or labyrinth

related to

24 entries

basement boss castle castles cellar cold dark dark cold donjon dragon dragons enemy imprison jail keep lair

Showing 16 of 24 words.

Translations

103 translations across 51 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

dhomë e nëndheshmë noun (underground prison or vault)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

γόργυρα noun (underground prison or vault)

Arabic

2 entries

دَيْمَاس noun (underground prison or vault)
زِنْزَانَة noun (underground prison or vault)

Armenian

1 entries

զնդան noun (underground prison or vault)

Bulgarian

1 entries

тъмница noun (underground prison or vault)

Catalan

4 entries

calabós noun (underground prison or vault)
masmorra noun (underground prison or vault)
torre de l'homenatge noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)
torre mestra noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

地牢 noun (underground prison or vault)
城堡主樓 /城堡主楼 noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)
樓櫓 /楼橹 noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)

Danish

1 entries

fangekælder noun (underground prison or vault)

Dutch

1 entries

kerker noun (underground prison or vault)

Esperanto

4 entries

forgesejo noun (underground prison or vault)
forgeskelo noun (underground prison or vault)
karcero noun (underground prison or vault)
kelkarcero noun (underground prison or vault)

Finnish

3 entries

keskustorni noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)
tyrmä noun (underground prison or vault)
vankityrmä noun (underground prison or vault)

French

3 entries

cachot noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)
donjon noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)
oubliette noun (underground prison or vault)

Galician

4 entries

baño noun (underground prison or vault)
crochel noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)
cábozo noun (underground prison or vault)
cárcere noun (underground prison or vault)

Georgian

1 entries

დილეგი noun (underground prison or vault)

German

3 entries

Donjon noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)
Kerker noun (underground prison or vault)
Verlies noun (underground prison or vault)

Greek

1 entries

μπουντρούμι noun (underground prison or vault)

Hebrew

1 entries

צִינוֹק noun (underground prison or vault)

Hindi

4 entries

अंधकुप noun (underground prison or vault)
क़ैदख़ाना noun (underground prison or vault)
कारागार noun (underground prison or vault)
काल कोठरी noun (underground prison or vault)

Hungarian

4 entries

földalatti börtön noun (underground prison or vault)
kazamata noun (underground prison or vault)
tömlöc noun (underground prison or vault)
vártorony noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)

Icelandic

1 entries

dýflissa noun (underground prison or vault)

Ido

1 entries

karcero noun (underground prison or vault)

Indonesian

2 entries

penjara bawah tanah noun (underground prison or vault)
terungku noun (underground prison or vault)

Irish

1 entries

doinsiún noun (underground prison or vault)

Italian

3 entries

prigione sotterranea noun (underground prison or vault)
segreta noun (underground prison or vault)
torrione noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)

Japanese

1 entries

地下牢 noun (underground prison or vault)

Korean

1 entries

던전 noun (underground prison or vault)

Latin

2 entries

carcer noun (underground prison or vault)
robur noun (underground prison or vault)

Laz

1 entries

დილეღი noun (underground prison or vault)

Macedonian

1 entries

зандана noun (underground prison or vault)

Middle English

2 entries

dongeoun noun (underground prison or vault)
dongeoun noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)

Mingrelian

1 entries

დილეკი noun (underground prison or vault)

Māori

1 entries

poka herehere noun (underground prison or vault)

Norwegian

2 entries

fangehull noun (underground prison or vault)
fangekjeller noun (underground prison or vault)

Old English

2 entries

dimhūs noun (underground prison or vault)
dung noun (underground prison or vault)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

زندان noun (underground prison or vault)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

цемнїца noun (underground prison or vault)

Persian

2 entries

سیاهچال noun (underground prison or vault)
گریچه noun (underground prison or vault)

Polish

3 entries

ciemnica noun (underground prison or vault)
donżon noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)
loch noun (underground prison or vault)

Portuguese

4 entries

calaboiço noun (underground prison or vault)
calabouço noun (underground prison or vault)
masmorra noun (underground prison or vault)
torre de menagem noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)

Russian

4 entries

гла́вная ба́шня noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)
донжо́н noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)
подземе́лье noun (underground prison or vault)
склеп noun (underground prison or vault)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

донжон кула noun (underground prison or vault)

Slovene

1 entries

ječa noun (underground prison or vault)

Spanish

3 entries

calabozo noun (underground prison or vault)
mazmorra noun (underground prison or vault)
mazmorra noun (the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon)

Svan

1 entries

დჷლიგ noun (underground prison or vault)

Swedish

1 entries

fängelsehåla noun (underground prison or vault)

Tagalog

1 entries

bartolina noun (underground prison or vault)

Turkish

1 entries

zindan noun (underground prison or vault)

Ukrainian

2 entries

підземе́лля noun (underground prison or vault)
темни́ця noun (underground prison or vault)

Vietnamese

1 entries

tầng hâm noun (underground prison or vault)

Walloon

1 entries

roveyrece noun (underground prison or vault)

Welsh

1 entries

daeardy noun (underground prison or vault)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Treasure chests abound in the dungeon, but so do horrible monsters.

Source: tatoeba (718081)

When I am queen, I will lock up Tom in the dungeon.

Source: tatoeba (2772201)

Tom escaped from the dungeon.

Source: tatoeba (2773727)

The princess was thrown into the castle's deepest dungeon.

Source: tatoeba (3884679)

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