detain

Meaning

1. To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
2. To put under custody.
3. To keep back or from; to withhold.
4. To seize goods for official purposes.

Synonyms

arrest

delay

stop

🛑

confine

restrain

imprison

hold back

hold up

apprehend

keep

retain

stay

prevent

hold

hinder

obstruct

check

withhold

seize

impede

curb

retard

incarcerate

halt

intern

uphold

block

jail

inhibit

catch

lock up

tie up

grasp

stand upright

keep in custody

push

hold in custody

restrict

nick

stem

oppress

control

compel

stall

squelch

bridle

guard

💂

slow

prohibit

prolong

reserve

distrain

repress

capture

brake

lag

suppress

stifle

attach

take somebody into custody

be in the way

defer

pull

pull up

put

quarantine

quell

quit

recoup

refrain

rein

roadblock

save

seizure

sequester

slacken

stagnate

staunch

still

stonewall

stunt

stupefy

stymie

stymy

support

switch off

take

take into custody

take up

thwart

get in the way

put in prison

trig

turn off

turn out

fall behind with

give over

prevent from leaving

rein in

slow up

Hinder

waste

detain under custody

keep under restraint

imprision

keep in prison

stop the circulation of

detention of ship

pinch.

abate

attachment

balk

bear

🐻

belay

bind

bog down

book

📖

bring up

carry

cease

cheese

🧀

clap

👏

confinement

confiscation

connection

constrain

cumber

curtail

cut

cut off

deduct

defend

desist

detaining

detainment

detention

discontinue

distracting

distraint

drag out

draw up

encumber

end

🔚

escort

fix

flag down

forbid

force

freeze

hang on

head off

immobilise

impound

imprisonment

intercept

interrupt

isolate

keep to

knock off

leave behind

lift

lineage

maintain

nab

pause

pawn

place

press

prorogue

protect

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈteɪn/

Etymology

From Old French detenir. Cognate with Italian detenere, Portuguese deter, Romanian deține, and Spanish detener.