inmate

Speech parts

1. inmate - Noun

2. inmate - Adjective

Meaning

One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling.

Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

con yardbird inpatient yard bird habitant case sojourner lodger convalescent criminal patient guest citizen liver resident
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Antonyms

guardian boniface sentry guard vagabond emigrant
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Hypernyms

patient resident prisoner captive occupant occupier

Hyponyms

trusty lifer

Phrases with the word

female inmate

Anagrams

tamine etamin inmeat Tamien taimen tenaim Tieman matein

Examples

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate. Soren Kierkegaard

Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly. Bobby Scott

My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate. Theodore Kaczynski

It's a fairly unique position; to have been in charge of prison funding and then to have been an inmate. I wish I'd been more generous. Jonathan Aitken

The world sometimes feels like an insane asylum. You can decide whether you want to be an inmate or pick up your visitor's badge. You can be in the world but not engage in the melodrama of it; you can become a spiritual being having a human experience thoroughly and fully. Deepak Chopra

The term 'breakout' always makes me think of an inmate or some butterfly emerging out of a cocoon. Tessa Thompson

Close letter words and terms

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