BIG HOUSES Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

big houses

noun

plural of big house, slang

as in jails

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody told harrowing stories of his years spent in the big house

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Recent Examples of big houses Boomers stayed in the workforce longer than expected, retired later, and held on to big houses as starter homes disappeared beneath them. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026 However, a lot of big houses have been built on smallish lots. — Richard Dahlberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026 Wooden signs dot roadsides advertising homes from the $300,000s for a townhome to over $1 million for big houses in the most desirable suburban neighborhoods. — Jonathan J. Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026 Thank goodness for wealthy people and their big houses. — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025

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In fact, a number of those heading into a sentencing hearing are coming from surrounding county jails that have been holding them for many months.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The crimes homeless people will get charged for are not the ones that will keep them in the county’s already overcrowded jails, Lefkowitz said.

— Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of jails

Noun

Hodge says he was abused in multiple federal penitentiaries, but was frequently blocked from filing complaints about it.

— Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026
This includes providing the Colombian military more leeway in the field, signing a new security agreement with Washington and building 10 mega-prisons that mimic Bukele’s network of penitentiaries in El Salvador.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026

Definition of penitentiaries

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The fights, and tax policy, confronting local governments Governments, school systems, prisons, and police and fire departments often are among the largest employers in communities and have high rates of unionization.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026
Crews now runs all three of Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons.

— Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026

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