Synonyms of the word

yardbird

• n. (chiefly US, slang) A chicken.
• n. (chiefly US, slang) A person who is imprisoned.
• n. (chiefly US, slang) A soldier who is required to perform menial work on the grounds of a military base.

captive

• n. One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
• n. One held prisoner.
• n. (figuratively) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
• adj. Held prisoner; not free; confined.
• adj. Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
• adj. Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To capture; to take captive.

con

• v. (rare) To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
• v. (rare, archaic) To know, understand, acknowledge.
• v. Variant spelling of conn: to conduct the movements of a ship at sea.
• n. A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
• n. (computing) A reserved word in MS-DOS applications, likely an abbreviation for console.
• n. (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.
• n. (slang) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal,…
• v. (transitive, slang) To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
• v. (nautical) To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through…
• n. (nautical) The navigational direction of a ship.
• n. An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.

convict

• v. (transitive) To find guilty.
• n. (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
• n. A person deported to a penal colony.
• n. A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and stripes.

gaolbird

• n. Alternative spelling of jailbird.

inmate

• n. A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
• n. A person who occupies or dwells within a dwelling-house. The word came to be used to refer to temporary…

jailbird

• n. A prisoner or an ex-prisoner.

prisoner

• n. A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
• n. Any person held against their will.

recruit

• n. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
• n. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
• n. A hired worker.
• n. (biology, ecology) A new member of a certain population, usually referring to a juvenile.
• v. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports…
• v. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster.
• v. (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy lack or deficiency in.
• v. (dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.
• v. (biochemistry) To prompt a protein, leucocyte etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.