immures

The word “immures” has 2 syllables: im-mures

It's pronounced as /ɪˈmjʊərz/


What is synonym and antonym for immures?

In the thesaurus, “immures” has 67 synonyms and 11 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for immures

  • apprehends
  • armors
  • arrests
  • bars
  • binds
  • bounds
  • busts
  • cages
  • captures
  • catches
  • circumscribes
  • closets
  • cocoons
  • commits
  • confines
  • constrains
  • contains
  • corrals
  • detains
  • encages
  • encapsulates
  • encapsules
  • encases
  • enchains
  • encircles
  • encloses
  • encompasses
  • encysts
  • enfolds
  • enframes
  • enlaces
  • ensheathes
  • enspheres
  • envelops
  • enwombs
  • fetters
  • frames
  • gates
  • handcuffs
  • hedges
  • holds
  • houses
  • impounds
  • impresses
  • imprisons
  • incarcerates
  • incloses
  • includes
  • interns
  • jails
  • jugs
  • keeps
  • limits
  • manacles
  • nabs
  • pens
  • picks up
  • pinches
  • restrains
  • restricts
  • rings
  • seizes
  • shackles
  • shanghais
  • shuts
  • surrounds
  • trammels

Antonyms for immures

Meanings of immures

  • 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 thick stone wall immures the ancient secrets of the castle.
  • Her fear of failure immures her potential, preventing her from taking risks.
  • The artist's studio immures him from the distractions of the outside world.
  • He immures himself in his study to focus on writing his book.
  • The prison cell immures the inmate, cutting him off from the freedom he once knew.

On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to immures, such as: apprehends, armors, arrests, bars, binds, bounds, busts.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

jails

nabs

nails

quarantines

  • abstracts
  • beleaguerments
  • blockades
  • confinements
  • confines
  • containments
  • counter-blockades
  • counterblockades
  • cuts off
  • detaches
  • detains
  • disengages
  • encirclements
  • encompassments
  • holds
  • immures
  • incarcerates
  • incarcerations
  • insulates
  • insulations
  • internments
  • interns
  • investments
  • isolates
  • isolations
  • jails
  • keeps
  • leaguers
  • removes
  • restrains
  • restricts
  • secludes
  • seclusions
  • segregates
  • segregations
  • separates
  • sequesters
  • sequestrations
  • sieges

cages

  • aquaria
  • aquariums
  • armors
  • bounds
  • circumscribes
  • closets
  • cocoons
  • confines
  • contains
  • coops
  • corrals
  • cotes
  • dovecotes
  • dovecots
  • encages
  • encapsulates
  • encapsules
  • encases
  • encircles
  • encloses
  • encompasses
  • encysts
  • enfolds
  • enframes
  • enlaces
  • ensheathes
  • enspheres
  • envelops
  • enwombs
  • fences
  • folds
  • frames
  • hedges
  • henhouses
  • houses
  • hutches
  • immures
  • incloses
  • includes
  • kennels
  • kraals
  • limits
  • live-boxes
  • pens
  • pigpens
  • pounds
  • restricts
  • rings
  • runs
  • sheepfolds
  • stockades
  • surrounds
  • terraria
  • terrariums

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