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inmate

/ˈɪn.meɪt/noun2 syllables

Inmate means: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.

Synonyms for inmate6

noun, as in a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

convict, con, yard bird, yardbird

noun, as in a patient who is residing in the hospital where they are being treated

inpatient

also used for inmate

passenger

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What does inmate mean?3

noun

1

a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

2

a patient who is residing in the hospital where they are being treated

3

one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Inmate in a sentence

  • Inmates were forced to sleep in one cell, often sideways.OsoHombre
  • It's an open prison, so all the inmates have outside jobs.casaniere
  • The inmate was doing time for a burglary conviction.unknown
  • The guard punished an inmate in front of the newcomers.Amastan
  • Gunter and his minions bullied the old inmate.Amastan
  • Society is an insane asylum run by the inmates.Scott
  • All the inmates are present and accounted for.darinmex
  • Three long-term inmates of the state penitentiary have just escaped.CK

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Forms of inmate

as a noun

plural
inmates