Synonyms of detaining

detaining

verb

present participle of detain

1

as in arresting

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

Police detained the suspect.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arresting
• apprehending
• seizing
• restraining
• jailing
• imprisoning
• incarcerating
• confining
• restricting
• limiting
• pinching
• nicking
• committing
• shutting
• capturing
• holding
• nabbing
• constraining
• nailing
• running in
• grabbing
• pulling in
• collaring
• locking (up)
• snatching
• busting
• interning
• trapping
• barring
• picking up
• handcuffing
• gating
• jugging
• snaring
• catching
• bagging
• grappling
• hooking
• immuring
• snapping (up)
• binding
• landing
• shackling
• remanding
• fettering
• getting
• enchaining
• trammelling
• manacling
• trammeling
• rearresting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• releasing
• freeing
• springing
• loosening
• emancipating
• liberating
• loosing
• discharging
• unchaining
• unbinding

2

as in delaying

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

• delaying
• slowing
• blocking
• hindering
• retarding
• keeping
• impeding
• obstructing
• suspending
• blockading
• snagging
• stalling
• stemming
• extending
• halting
• pausing
• hesitating
• holding
• prolonging
• balking
• lengthening
• clogging
• deferring
• baffling
• holding back
• holding up
• setting back
• damming
• stretching (out)
• arresting
• terminating
• repressing
• protracting
• remitting
• holding over
• bottlenecking
• shelving
• concluding
• ending
• discontinuing
• cutting off
• holding off (on)
• stopping
• suppressing
• putting off
• checking
• staying
• squashing
• stunting
• putting over
• turning back
• laying over
• squelching
• stilling
• calling
• catching
• reining (in)
• staunching
• pulling up
• stanching
• bringing up
• drawing up
• choking off
• fetching up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuing
• persisting
• keeping (on)
• carrying on
• proceeding
• moving
• advancing
• keeping up
• running on
• marching
• progressing
• pushing
• stirring
• driving
• going along
• actuating
• following through (with)
• propelling
• spurring
• faring
• impelling
• wending
• goading
• budging

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of detaining

Those immigrants have long been considered a priority for arrest by ICE, including under Biden administration policy, which instructs the agency to focus their efforts on detaining public safety threats, national security risks and recent border crossers. —Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024

That would involve a dramatic overhaul of Austria’s immigration system, registering all new arrivals and detaining them in specialist facilities. —Alexander Smith, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024

That promise appeared to be a tactic—once the protesters had disbanded, Khan began a crackdown, detaining hundreds, including the TLP’s leader, Khadim Rizvi. —Madiha Afzal, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2019