Synonyms: jail, jailhouse, slammer, gaol, clink, pokey, poky
Definition: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
Similar words: correctional institution
Definition: a penal institution maintained by the government
Synonyms: pokey, poky, one-horse, jerkwater
Definition: small and remote and insignificant
Usage: a jerkwater college; passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
Similar words: provincial
Definition: characteristic of the provinces or their people
Usage: deeply provincial and conformist; in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial; narrow provincial attitudes
Synonyms: dilatory, pokey, poky, laggard
Definition: wasting time
Similar words: slow
Definition: not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
Usage: a slow walker; the slow lane of traffic; her steps were slow; he was slow in reacting to the news; slow but steady growth