Synonyms of the word

pokey

• adj. (of a room, house) of small volume, cramped.
• adj. (slang) slow.
• adj. (slang, of a car) fast.
• n. (slang, with "the") prison.

clink

• n. (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
• v. To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such…
• v. (humorous, dated) To rhyme.
• n. (slang) Jail or prison, after the Clink prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase in the clink.
• n. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

dilatory

• adj. Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
• adj. Slow or tardy.

gaol

• n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia) Alternative spelling of jail.
• v. (Britain) Alternative spelling of jail.

jail

• n. A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially…
• n. (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
• n. (horse racing) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be…
• n. In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
• v. To imprison.

jailhouse

• n. A building containing a prison.

jerkwater

• n. (US, historical) A train on a branch line.
• adj. (US, colloquial, pejorative) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.

laggard

• adj. Lagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group.
• adj. (animal husbandry) Not growing as quickly as the rest of the flock or herd.
• n. One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or than the others in a group.

poky

• n. A gambling device based on the card game poker.
• adj. Slow.
• adj. (of a room or other enclosed space) Small and cramped.
• n. (slang) Jail.

provincial

• adj. Of or pertaining to a province.
• adj. Constituting a province.
• adj. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
• adj. Not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.
• adj. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.
• adj. Limited in outlook; narrow.
• n. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
• n. (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all…
• n. A country bumpkin.

slammer

• n. One who, or that which, slams.
• n. (slang, usually "the slammer") Jail, prison.
• n. A tequila cocktail.
• n. One who takes part in slam-dance.
• n. In the game of Pogs, the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.

slow

• adj. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding…
• adj. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
• adj. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
• adj. Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
• adj. (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
• adj. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
• adj. (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
• v. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
• v. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
• n. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
• n. (music) A slow song.
• adv. Slowly.