imprisoned

1. 1.

   being in captivity

   Synonymscaptiveconfinedjailed

   Similarunfree

Questions about imprisoned

What does imprisoned mean?

imprisoned means "being in captivity".

How many syllables are in imprisoned?

imprisoned has 3 syllables: im-prison-ed. The stress falls on "prison". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɹɪzənd/.

What is another word for imprisoned?

Close synonyms include captive, confined, jailed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is imprisoned a common word?

imprisoned is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.