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Showing words for DETAIN using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Detain

adient, detain, nidate, tienda

5 Letter Words for Detain

anted, daine, daint, dante, denat, detin, diane, endia, entad, entia, idant, ident, ideta, teind, tenai, tenia, tinea, tined

4 Letter Words for Detain

aden, adet, adit, aide, aine, aint, anet, ante, anti, ated, dain, dane, dant, date, dean, deia, deni, dent, deti, detn, dian, diet, dine, dint, dita, dite, eadi, edit, etna, idea, inde, inta, naid, neat, neti, nide, nied, tade, taed, taen, tain, tane, tead, tean, tend, tide, tied, tien, tind, tine

3 Letter Words for Detain

ade, aid, ain, ait, and, ane, ant, ate, dae, dan, dat, dea, dei, den, det, dia, die, din, dit, dna, ead, ean, eat, end, eta, ida, ide, ind, int, ita, itd, nad, nae, nat, nea, ned, nei, net, nid, nie, nit, tad, tai, tan, tea, ted, ten, tid, tie, tin

Definitions for Detain

[1] to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
[2] to keep under restraint or in custody.
[3] Obsolete . to keep back or withhold, as from a person.
[4] to delay; hold back; stop
[5] to confine or hold in custody; restrain
[6] archaic to retain or withhold

Words related to Detain

apprehend, delay, confine, jail, decelerate, hinder, retard, nab, pinch, inhibit, bust, withhold, intern, restrain, ice, mire, impede, constrain, check, reserve

Words nearby Detain

detail, detail drawing, detailed, detailer, detailing, detain, detainee, detainer, detect, detection, detective

Origin of Detain

1480–90; detainen < Anglo-French, Old French detenir < Vulgar Latin *dētenīre, for Latin dētinēre, equivalent to dē- de- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold

Other words from Detain

de·tain·a·ble , adjective
de·tain·ment , noun
pre·de·tain , verb (used with object)
un·de·tain·a·ble , adjective
un·de·tained , adjective

Word origin for Detain

C15: from Old French detenir, from Latin dētinēre to hold off, keep back, from de- + tenēre to hold

Synonyms for Detain

apprehend, confine, delay, jail, bust, buttonhole, check, constrain, decelerate, hinder, ice, impede, inhibit, intern, mire, nab, pinch, reserve, restrain, retard, withhold, bog down, hang up, hold up, pick up, pull in, put away, run in, send up, set back, slow down, slow up