The king ordered that the prisoner should be set free.
Source: tatoeba (25608)
Prisoner
//ˈpɹɪzənə//
Synonyms for "prisoner" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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264 translations across 93 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- i burgosun noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- i burgosur noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- rob noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δεσμώτης noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Arabic
4 entries- سَجِين noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- سَجِينَة noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- مَحْبُوس noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- مَحْبُوسَة noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Armenian
1 entries- բանտարկյալ noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Asturian
4 entries- presu noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- presu noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- prisioneru noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- prisioneru noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- məhbus noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- əsir noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Belarusian
4 entries- арышта́нт noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- арышта́нтка noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- вя́зень noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- вя́зень noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Bengali
2 entries- জিন্দানবাসী noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- বন্দী noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Breton
1 entries- prizoniad noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Bulgarian
4 entries- затво́рник noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- затво́рница noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- затво́рничка noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- пле́нник noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Burmese
1 entries- ထောင်သား noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Catalan
4 entries- pres noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- pres noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- presoner noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- presoner noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Cebuano
1 entries- bilanggo noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏴᎩ noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 囚犯 noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Czech
4 entries- vězeň noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- vězeň noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- vězeňkyně noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- vězeňkyně noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Danish
1 entries- fange noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Dutch
1 entries- gevangene noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Egyptian
1 entries- x:n:r-A13 noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Esperanto
3 entries- kaptito noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- malliberulo noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- prizonulo noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Estonian
2 entries- karistatu noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- vang noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Faroese
1 entries- fangi noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Finnish
2 entries- vanki noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- vanki noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
French
4 entries- prisonnier noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- prisonnier noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- prisonnière noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- prisonnière noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Galician
4 entries- preso noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- preso noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- prisioneiro noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- prisioneiro noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Georgian
2 entries- პატიმარი noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- ტუსაღი noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
German
4 entries- Gefangene noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- Gefangene noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- Gefangener noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- Gefangener noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰 noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Greek
4 entries- δέσμιος noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- κρατούμενος noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- κρατούμενος noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- φυλακισμένος noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- prizonye noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Hebrew
2 entries- אֲסִירָה noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- אָסִיר noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- bilanggo noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Hindi
3 entries- क़ैदी noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- बंदी noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- बद्धक noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Hungarian
2 entries- fogoly noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- rab noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Icelandic
2 entries- bandingi noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- fangi noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Ilocano
1 entries- balud noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Indonesian
1 entries- tahanan noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Irish
3 entries- cime noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- príosúnach noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- príosúnach noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Italian
2 entries- prigioniera noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- prigioniero noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Japanese
3 entries- とりこ noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- 囚人 noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- 捕虜 noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Jarai
1 entries- mơnă noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Kazakh
4 entries- тұтқын noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- қамалушы noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- қамалған noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- қорытылған noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Khmer
3 entries- ឈ្លើយ noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- មនុស្សទោស noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- អ្នកទោស noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Korean
4 entries- 기결수 noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- 수감자 noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- 재소자 noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- 죄수 noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- камалуучу noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- туткун noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Lao
2 entries- ຊະເລີຍ noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- ນັກໂທດ noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Latin
1 entries- captus noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Latvian
3 entries- cietumnieks noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- gūsteknis noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- ieslodzītais noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kalinys noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Gefaangenen noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- Prisonnéier noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Macedonian
3 entries- затвореник noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- затвореница noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- затвореничка noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Malay
1 entries- banduan noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Malayalam
2 entries- തടവുകാരൻ noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- തടവുപുള്ളി noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Maltese
2 entries- maqbud noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- priġunier noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Marathi
1 entries- कैदी noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Mongolian
2 entries- хоригдогч noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- хоригдол noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Māori
1 entries- herehere noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- bendî noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- dîl noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- girtî noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- zindanî noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fange noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Occitan
1 entries- presonièr noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Old English
1 entries- rǣpling noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Old Norse
1 entries- bandingi noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اسیر noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Pashto
2 entries- اسير noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- بندي noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Persian
4 entries- اسیر noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- بندی noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- زندانی noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- محبوس noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Jefangna noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- Jefangna noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Polish
3 entries- jeniec noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- więzień noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- więźniarka noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Portuguese
4 entries- preso noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- preso noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- prisioneiro noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- prisioneiro noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Romanian
2 entries- prizonier noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- pușcăriaș noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Russian
4 entries- ареста́нт noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- ареста́нтка noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- заключённая noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- заключённый noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Sanskrit
1 entries- see Thesaurus:बन्दिन् noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- prìosanach noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- prìosanach noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kȁžnjenīk noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- zarobljènica noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- zarobljènica noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- zarobljènīk noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Slovak
4 entries- väzeň noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- väzeň noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- väzeňkyňa noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- väzeňkyňa noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Slovene
4 entries- jetnica noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- jetnik noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- ujetnica noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- ujetnik noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Spanish
4 entries- preso noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- preso noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- prisionero noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- prisionero noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Swahili
2 entries- mahabusu noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- mfungwa noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Swedish
4 entries- fängelsekund noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- fånge noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- fånge noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- intern noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Tagalog
2 entries- bilanggo noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- kalabos noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Tajik
3 entries- асир noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- зиндони noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- маҳбус noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Tamil
1 entries- கைதி noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Telugu
1 entries- ఖైదీ noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Thai
2 entries- นักโทษ noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- เชลย noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Tibetan
1 entries- བཙོན་པ noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Turkish
4 entries- esir noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- esir noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- mahkum noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- mahpus noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Turkmen
2 entries- tussag noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- ýesir noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Tuvan
1 entries- кара-бажыңнаттырган noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Ukrainian
4 entries- арешта́нт noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- арешта́нтка noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- бра́нець noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- бра́нка noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Urdu
2 entries- بندی noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- قیدی noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Uzbek
4 entries- asir noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- bandi noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- mahbus noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- mahkum noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tù nhân noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Volapük
4 entries- fanäb noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- fanäban noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
- fanäböpäb noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
- hifanäban noun (figurative: any person held against his or her will)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַרעסטאַנט noun (person incarcerated in a prison)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Everybody showed sympathy toward the prisoner.
Source: tatoeba (40373)
The prisoner of war bore himself with great dignity.
Source: tatoeba (44059)
The prisoner was behind bars for two months.
Source: tatoeba (44163)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.