Synonyms of detained

detained 1 of 2

adjective

as in delayed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delayed
• postponed
• delinquent
• behind
• tardy
• belated
• late
• dragging
• overdue
• pokey
• lagging
• latish
• unhurried
• behindhand
• laggard
• dilatory
• sluggish
• poky
• dawdling
• slow
• dallying
• dillydallying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• early
• premature
• precocious
• untimely
• timely
• opportune
• unseasonable
• inopportune
• prompt
• seasonable
• punctual

detained

2 of 2

verb

past tense of detain

1

as in arrested

to take or keep (someone) in confinement by authority of law

Police detained the suspect.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrested
• apprehended
• seized
• imprisoned
• jailed
• incarcerated
• restrained
• confined
• interned
• committed
• restricted
• captured
• nabbed
• collared
• ran in
• pinched
• locked (up)
• nicked
• limited
• held
• pulled in
• constrained
• shut
• picked up
• nailed
• busted
• grabbed
• barred
• snatched
• bust
• trapped
• jugged
• immured
• handcuffed
• bound
• caught
• snapped (up)
• gated
• shackled
• grappled
• remanded
• snared
• landed
• fettered
• rearrested
• hooked
• bagged
• manacled
• got
• enchained
• trammelled
• trammeled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• released
• freed
• liberated
• emancipated
• sprang
• loosened
• sprung
• loosed
• discharged
• unbound
• unchained

2

as in slowed

to keep (someone or something) from proceeding or progressing

She sent word that she had been unavoidably detained.

The plane was detained for hours due to inclement weather.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delayed
• slowed
• blocked
• set back
• suspended
• kept
• retarded
• impeded
• halted
• hindered
• stalled
• hesitated
• blockaded
• baffled
• obstructed
• paused
• balked
• snagged
• stemmed
• held up
• held
• extended
• held back
• arrested
• prolonged
• clogged
• dammed
• stretched (out)
• lengthened
• deferred
• protracted
• laid over
• remitted
• put over
• held over
• terminated
• put off
• repressed
• cut off
• shelved
• concluded
• bottlenecked
• ended
• discontinued
• held off (on)
• stopped
• checked
• turned back
• suppressed
• stayed
• stunted
• stilled
• reined (in)
• caught
• pulled up
• brought up
• drew up
• squashed
• called
• squelched
• choked off
• staunched
• stanched
• fetched up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continued
• carried on
• persisted
• kept (on)
• marched
• moved
• kept up
• proceeded
• advanced
• progressed
• ran on
• went along
• pushed
• stirred
• fared
• drove
• actuated
• followed through (with)
• impelled
• spurred
• propelled
• wended
• goaded
• budged

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of detained

Verb

After King had the girl detained, McConico temporarily removed him from the bench for training. —Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024

The tangible and intangible costs of having goods detained at the border. —Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2024

Investigators detained two people following the shooting, but did not say immediately whether they had been arrested. —Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024

Detroit Police Department officers later detained the person suspected of flying it over the Detroit Tigers' stadium. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024

The letter, which Gonzalez published on Friday, contained figures on immigrants with criminal records being tracked by ICE but not detained by the agency. —Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024

Routh was arrested on the highway less than an hour later, and he has been detained ever since. —Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Sep. 2024

Earlier this year, police detained an anti-violence worker after an altercation at a summer youth program. —Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024

Venezuela’s chief prosecutor, Luis Ortega Diaz, opened an investigation into the vote but was ousted and detained days later. —Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2017