Synonyms, definition Detain

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1. detain (Verb)

50 synonyms

#	Word	Frequency	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	apprehend	1.05	9 letters	69 synonyms
2.	arrest	35.5	6 letters	135 synonyms
3.	block	75.9	5 letters	194 synonyms
4.	bog	2.19	3 letters	33 synonyms
5.	bust	11	4 letters	77 synonyms
6.	capture	26.3	7 letters	97 synonyms
7.	catch	74.1	5 letters	183 synonyms
8.	check	204	5 letters	303 synonyms
9.	clog	0.98	4 letters	54 synonyms
10.	confine	0.83	7 letters	132 synonyms
11.	constrain	0.66	9 letters	85 synonyms
12.	curb	6.17	4 letters	82 synonyms
13.	decrease	14.8	8 letters	139 synonyms
14.	delay	25.1	5 letters	106 synonyms
15.	deter	3.02	5 letters	16 synonyms
16.	diminish	2.88	8 letters	104 synonyms
17.	hamper	1.82	6 letters	54 synonyms
18.	have	5130	4 letters	79 synonyms
19.	hesitate	6.17	8 letters	48 synonyms
20.	hinderen.synonym.one	2.45	6 letters	101 synonym
21.	hold	155	4 letters	294 synonyms
22.	hold back	136	8 letters	31 synonym
23.	hold up	146	6 letters	68 synonyms
24.	immure	0	6 letters	26 synonyms
25.	incarcerate	0.16	11 letters	29 synonyms
26.	incommode	0	9 letters	20 synonyms
27.	inhibit	2.19	7 letters	51 synonym
28.	intern	4.68	6 letters	23 synonyms
29.	jail	41.7	4 letters	47 synonyms
30.	keep	457	4 letters	112 synonyms
31.	keep back	323	8 letters	32 synonyms
32.	lock up	31.9	6 letters	22 synonyms
33.	maintain	44.7	8 letters	110 synonyms
34.	nab	1.32	3 letters	30 synonyms
35.	postpone	3.02	8 letters	44 synonyms
36.	preserve	15.5	8 letters	66 synonyms
37.	quell	1	5 letters	61 synonym
38.	reduce	53.7	6 letters	177 synonyms
39.	regulate	7.41	8 letters	107 synonyms
40.	reserve	39.8	7 letters	125 synonyms
41.	restrain	1.86	8 letters	122 synonyms
42.	retain	14.5	6 letters	47 synonyms
43.	retard	2.34	6 letters	53 synonyms
44.	seize	6.31	5 letters	99 synonyms
45.	slow	70.8	4 letters	153 synonyms
46.	stay	214	4 letters	154 synonyms
47.	stop	331	4 letters	176 synonyms
48.	suppress	4.57	8 letters	91 synonym
49.	suspend	4.79	7 letters	83 synonyms
50.	withholden.synonym.one	1.91	8 letters	53 synonyms

3 definitions

detain (Verb) —	Deprive of freedom; take into confinement
detain (Verb) —	Stop or halt
detain (Verb) —	Cause to be slowed down or delayed 1 example
	1. ex. "Traffic was detained by the bad weather"

7 types of

#	Word	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	check	5 letters	303 synonyms
2.	decelerate	10 letters	4 synonyms
3.	delay	5 letters	106 synonyms
4.	retard	6 letters	53 synonyms
5.	slow	4 letters	153 synonyms
6.	slow down	8 letters	13 synonyms
7.	slow up	6 letters	6 synonyms

24 types

#	Word	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	bind over	8 letters	0 synonyms
2.	buy time	7 letters	0 synonyms
3.	cage	4 letters	41 synonym
4.	cage in	6 letters	1 synonym
5.	catch	5 letters	183 synonyms
6.	gaol	4 letters	16 synonyms
7.	immure	6 letters	26 synonyms
8.	imprison	8 letters	42 synonyms
9.	incarcerate	11 letters	29 synonyms
10.	intern	6 letters	23 synonyms
11.	jail	4 letters	47 synonyms
12.	jug	3 letters	13 synonyms
13.	keep	4 letters	112 synonyms
14.	keep in	6 letters	0 synonyms
15.	lag	3 letters	45 synonyms
16.	pin down	7 letters	7 synonyms
17.	prison	6 letters	42 synonyms
18.	put away	7 letters	51 synonym
19.	put behind bars	13 letters	10 synonyms
20.	remand	6 letters	12 synonyms
21.	stall	5 letters	71 synonym
22.	stonewall	9 letters	0 synonyms
23.	straiten	8 letters	1 synonym
24.	trap	4 letters	89 synonyms

Similar words

— deaden

11 misspelling

ddetain deetain detaain detai detaiin detaim detainn detani detian dettain etain

With the same beginning

detained detainee detainer detainment

With the same ending

fountain pertain maintain mountain stain sustain ascertain appertain abstain obtain

All synonyms in one line

apprehend, arrest, block, bog, bust, en.synonym.one, capture, catch, check, clog, confine, constrain, curb, decrease, delay, deter, diminish, hamper, have, hesitate, hinder, hold, hold back, hold up, immure, incarcerate, en.synonym.one, incommode, inhibit, intern, jail, keep, keep back, lock up, maintain, nab, postpone, preserve, quell, reduce, regulate, reserve, restrain, retain, retard, seize, slow, stay, stop, suppress, suspend, withhold.

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