immure

The word “immure” has 2 syllables: im-mure

It's pronounced as /ɪˈmjʊr/


What is synonym and antonym for immure?

In the thesaurus, “immure” has 72 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for immure along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for immure

  • apprehend
  • armor
  • arrest
  • bar
  • bind
  • bound
  • bust
  • cage
  • capture
  • catch
  • circumscribe
  • cloister
  • closet
  • cocoon
  • commit
  • confine
  • constrain
  • contain
  • coop
  • corral
  • detain
  • encage
  • encapsulate
  • encapsule
  • encase
  • enchain
  • encircle
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • encyst
  • enfold
  • enframe
  • enlace
  • ensheathe
  • ensphere
  • entomb
  • envelop
  • enwomb
  • fetter
  • frame
  • gate
  • handcuff
  • hedge
  • hold
  • house
  • impound
  • impress
  • imprison
  • incarcerate
  • inclose
  • include
  • intern
  • jail
  • jug
  • keep
  • limit
  • manacle
  • nab
  • pen
  • pick up
  • pinch
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • ring
  • seclude
  • seize
  • shackle
  • shanghai
  • shut
  • surround
  • trammel
  • wall

Antonyms for immure

Meanings of immure

  • noun
    1. A wall; an enclosure.
  • verb
    1. To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls.
    2. To put or bury within a wall.
    3. (of a growing crystal) To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.

Example Sentences

  • The ancient king decided to immure the traitor in a dark dungeon.
  • She felt as though society tried to immure her in traditional roles.
  • The artist preferred to immure himself in his studio, away from distractions.
  • They planned to immure the sacred relic within the temple walls.
  • He feared that accepting the job would immure him in a monotonous routine.

On this page you'll find 84 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to immure, such as: apprehend, armor, arrest, bar, bind, bound, bust.

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Related Words

hampered

  • answerable
  • arrested
  • at fault
  • at the helm
  • authoritative
  • baffled
  • balked
  • barred
  • barricaded
  • bedfast
  • bedridden
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • bonded
  • bottled-up
  • bound
  • bound to
  • bounded
  • braked
  • bridled
  • burdened
  • carrying the load
  • censurable
  • chained
  • chargeable
  • charged
  • checked
  • chilled
  • choked
  • circumscribed
  • clogged
  • closed
  • compassed
  • compelled
  • confined
  • constrained
  • contracted
  • controlled
  • cooped up
  • cramp
  • cramped
  • culpable
  • curbed
  • decision-making
  • decreased
  • defined
  • delayed
  • delimited
  • deprived
  • derailed
  • detained
  • determinate
  • deterred
  • devolving on
  • diminished
  • disrupted
  • duty-bound
  • embarrassed
  • encircled
  • encumbered
  • engaged
  • executive
  • exposed
  • fastened
  • fettered
  • finite
  • fixed
  • flattened out
  • foiled
  • fraught
  • frustrated
  • full
  • gave a hard time
  • governed
  • grounded
  • guilty
  • haltered
  • handcuffed
  • handicapped
  • held
  • held back
  • held up
  • held-back
  • hemmed in
  • high
  • hindered
  • hitched
  • hobbled
  • hog-tied
  • iced
  • immured
  • impeded
  • imprisoned
  • in authority
  • in chains
  • in control
  • in jail
  • incarcerated
  • incommodious
  • incumbent
  • indisposed
  • inhibited
  • invalided
  • jailed
  • laden
  • laid up
  • leashed
  • liable
  • loaded
  • local
  • locked up
  • manacled
  • minding the store
  • mired
  • moderate
  • moderated
  • modified
  • muzzled
  • narrow
  • narrowed
  • obligated
  • obliged
  • obstructed
  • on ice
  • on the hook
  • open
  • oppressed
  • particular
  • pent
  • pledged
  • precise
  • prescribed
  • prevented
  • qualified
  • reduced
  • reined
  • reined in
  • repressed
  • reserved
  • restrained
  • restricted
  • retained
  • retarded
  • roadblocked
  • sabotaged
  • sealed up
  • sectional
  • secured
  • shackled
  • short-circuited
  • shortened
  • shut-in
  • sick
  • small
  • smothered
  • stayed
  • stifled
  • stopped
  • strangled
  • stumped
  • stymied
  • subject
  • suffocated
  • suppressed
  • surrounded
  • susceptive
  • sworn to
  • taxed
  • temperate
  • tempered
  • tethered
  • thwarted
  • tied
  • tied up
  • to blame
  • topical
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • under contract
  • under obligation
  • weighed down
  • weighted

ran in

  • apprehended
  • arrested
  • bagged
  • bound
  • bust
  • busted
  • called
  • came by
  • came over
  • captured
  • caught
  • collared
  • committed
  • confined
  • detained
  • dropped by
  • dropped in
  • enchained
  • fettered
  • frequented
  • got
  • grabbed
  • grappled
  • handcuffed
  • haunted
  • held
  • hooked
  • immured
  • imprisoned
  • incarcerated
  • interned
  • jailed
  • jugged
  • landed
  • looked up
  • manacled
  • nabbed
  • nailed
  • nicked
  • picked up
  • pinched
  • pulled in
  • rearrested
  • remanded
  • restrained
  • saw
  • seized
  • shackled
  • snared
  • snatched
  • stepped in
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • trapped
  • visited

caged

  • anchored
  • armored
  • bolted
  • bound
  • bounded
  • caught
  • chained
  • circumscribed
  • closeted
  • cocooned
  • confined
  • contained
  • corralled
  • encaged
  • encapsulated
  • encapsuled
  • encased
  • encircled
  • enclosed
  • encompassed
  • encysted
  • enfolded
  • enframed
  • enlaced
  • ensheathed
  • enslaved
  • ensnared
  • ensphered
  • enveloped
  • enwombed
  • fastened
  • fettered
  • framed
  • hedged
  • housed
  • immured
  • imprisoned
  • in custody
  • incarcerated
  • inclosed
  • included
  • incommunicado
  • jailed
  • kidnaped
  • kidnapped
  • leashed
  • limited
  • locked up
  • manacled
  • penned
  • restrained
  • restricted
  • ringed
  • shackled
  • subjugated
  • surrounded
  • tied
  • under lock and key
  • unfree

handcuff

  • arrest
  • attach
  • baffle
  • balk
  • band
  • bar
  • barricade
  • bind
  • binding
  • bit
  • block
  • blockade
  • bond
  • bracelet
  • brake
  • captivity
  • chain
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • collar
  • confine
  • confinement
  • connection
  • constrain
  • constraint
  • cord
  • cramp
  • cumber
  • curb
  • delay
  • derail
  • disrupt
  • embarrass
  • enchain
  • enchainment
  • encumber
  • enfetter
  • enslavement
  • entangle
  • entanglement
  • fasten
  • fastener
  • fastening
  • fetter
  • foil
  • frustrate
  • get in the way
  • give a hard time
  • gunk
  • gyve
  • halter
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • handicap
  • hang up
  • hinder
  • hindrance
  • hobble
  • hog-tie
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • hold-down
  • holding
  • hookup
  • immurement
  • impede
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • inhibit
  • iron
  • irons
  • join
  • lash
  • leash
  • ligature
  • limit
  • link
  • linkage
  • manacle
  • mire
  • muzzle
  • net
  • network
  • nexus
  • obstruct
  • pinion
  • rein
  • repress
  • restrain
  • restraint
  • restrict
  • restriction
  • retain
  • retard
  • roadblock
  • rope
  • sabotage
  • secure
  • shackle
  • short-circuit
  • smother
  • stickum
  • stifle
  • straightjacket
  • straitjacket
  • strangle
  • stump
  • stymie
  • suffocate
  • suppress
  • tangle
  • tether
  • thwart
  • tie
  • tie up
  • tie-in
  • trammel
  • trap
  • truss
  • wire

nails

  • abducts
  • affirms
  • apprehends
  • arrests
  • assures
  • bags
  • bangs
  • bashes
  • bats
  • batters
  • bays
  • beans
  • beats
  • belts
  • biffs
  • binds
  • blows the whistle on
  • bludgeons
  • bobs
  • bonks
  • bops
  • boxes
  • brains
  • buffets
  • bumps
  • bungs
  • bunts
  • busts
  • butts
  • canes
  • captures
  • catches
  • chops
  • claps
  • clarifies
  • clasps
  • clinches
  • clips
  • clobbers
  • clocks
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • clutches
  • collars
  • commits
  • concludes
  • confines
  • conks
  • cops
  • corners
  • corrals
  • cracks
  • creams
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • debunks
  • decides
  • decks
  • defines
  • demolishes
  • demonstrates
  • detains
  • determines
  • discloses
  • discredits
  • disproves
  • divulges
  • drubs
  • dumps
  • enchains
  • ends
  • enmeshes
  • ensnares
  • ensures
  • entangles
  • entraps
  • establishes
  • exposes
  • fells
  • fetters
  • finishes
  • fists
  • flails
  • flicks
  • flogs
  • floors
  • gets
  • gloms
  • gloves
  • grabs
  • grapples
  • grasps
  • grips
  • halters
  • hammers
  • handcuffs
  • hangs one on
  • hits
  • holds
  • hooks
  • illuminates
  • immeshes
  • immures
  • imprisons
  • incarcerates
  • insures
  • interns
  • jabs
  • jails
  • jostles
  • jugs
  • kicks
  • kidnaps
  • knees
  • knocks
  • knocks down
  • laces
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lands
  • lashes
  • lassos
  • levels
  • licks
  • manacles
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • meshes
  • nabs
  • nets
  • nicks
  • nobbles
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • peppers
  • picks up
  • pinches
  • pokes
  • pommels
  • pounds
  • prods
  • proves
  • pulls in
  • pummels
  • punches
  • pushes
  • rabbit-punches
  • raps
  • rearrests
  • remands
  • rends
  • restrains
  • ropes
  • roughs
  • runs in
  • saps
  • scuffs
  • secures
  • seizes
  • settles
  • shackles
  • shoves
  • shows
  • shows up
  • skulls
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slashes
  • sledgehammers
  • sledges
  • slogs
  • slugs
  • smacks
  • smites
  • snags
  • snares
  • snatches
  • socks
  • spears
  • specifies
  • stabs
  • stamps
  • states
  • stipulates
  • strikes
  • strokes
  • sucker punches
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • tags
  • taps
  • tells
  • thrashes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • trammels
  • traps
  • uncloaks
  • uncovers
  • undresses
  • unmasks
  • unveils
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whips
  • wrests
  • zaps

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