Synonyms for inmate
ˈɪnˌmeɪtin·mate

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. inmatenoun

   one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)

   Synonyms:
   convict, yardbird, yard bird, con, inpatient

2. inpatient, inmatenoun

   a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated

   Synonyms:
   convict, yardbird, yard bird, con, inpatient

3. convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbirdnoun

   a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

   Synonyms:
   confidence game, bunco, inpatient, hustle, convict, bunko, confidence trick, bunko game, con game, gyp, yard bird, bunco game, con, sting, yardbird, flimflam

Matched Categories

1. • Patient
   • Prisoner
   • Resident

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1. inmatenoun

   Synonyms:
   fellow-lodger, fellow-boarder

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. inmatenoun

   Synonyms:
   occupant

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1. List of paraphrases for "inmate":

   prisoner, detainee, detained, convict, detainees, inmates, held, prisoners, lodger, offender, prison

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1. Norman Seabrook:

   If I physically touch an inmate, it's a use of force irrespective of an injury happening, absolutely we're saying, 'Document everything. Don't physically get into an altercation but use chemical agents. Spray them. Spray everybody you've got to spray but don't punch nobody out. Just spray whoever you've got to.'.

2. Moyses Henriques:

   When he started talking, and pretending to speak like a woman, the guard realized that it was an attempted jailbreak, and identified him, it was an inmate trying to escape as a woman.

3. Corrections Director Charles Ryan:

   In fact, the Pima County medical examiner is cited as reporting that the breathing pattern exhibited by the inmate prior to his death is a normal bodily response to dying, even in someone highly sedated.

4. Jon Goldfarb:

   The evidence of abuse would have been buried with Tony Mitchell but for the bravery of a lone corrections officer who made a video of what really happened to Tony and shared one of them. And, they fired her for exposing the truth of this abuse, there needs to be a federal statute requiring bystanders to report inmate abuse and providing statutory whistleblower protection to those who do. I sent a letter to the jail before we filed this case telling them to preserve all of their electronic recordings – if they have destroyed them then I can only imagine the horrors they have hidden.

5. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims:

   This suspect is a prison inmate, a convict, a parole, and maybe that’s where he belongs for the rest of his life.