detainees

Phonetic Respelling: [ dih-tey-nee, dee-tey-nee ]

Definition:

n. one who is held in police custody usu. for questioning or political reasons without formal charges being filed.

Sentence:

The detainees were calm during the fire alarm.

More example sentences:

The detainees were calm during the fire alarm.

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Detainees rhymes:

• One Syllable Rhymes
  • b's
  • b.'s
  • b.s
  • beas
  • bee's
  • bees
  • beese
  • bes
  • brees
  • breese
  • breeze
  • briese
  • c's
  • c.'s
  • c.s
  • cees
  • cheese
  • crees
  • d's
  • d.'s
  • d.s
  • deas
  • dee's
  • dees
  • deese
  • deis
  • drees
  • dreese
  • dreis
  • e's
  • e.'s
  • e.s
  • ease
  • fees
  • feese
  • fleas
  • flees
  • freas
  • frease
  • freeh's
  • frees
  • freese
  • freeze
  • freis
  • frese
  • friese
  • frieze
  • friis
  • g's
  • g.'s
  • g.s
  • gee's
  • geez
  • gies
  • glees
  • greis
  • griese
  • he's
  • hees
  • heese
  • jeez
  • keas
  • kee's
  • kees
  • keese
  • key's
  • keyes
  • keyes'
  • keys
  • klee's
  • klees
  • knees
  • kreis
  • kriese
  • leas
  • lee's
  • lees
  • li's
  • liese
  • mease
  • mees
  • meis
  • neas
  • nease
  • nees
  • neese
  • neis
  • niese
  • p's
  • p.'s
  • p.s
  • peas
  • pease
  • pleas
  • please
  • plese
  • preas
  • preis
  • reas
  • rees
  • reis
  • riese
  • saez
  • sea's
  • seas
  • sease
  • sees
  • seese
  • seize
  • she's
  • sies
  • skees
  • skis
  • sleaze
  • sneeze
  • speas
  • spease
  • spees
  • spiess
  • sprees
  • squeeze
  • stees
  • t's
  • t.'s
  • t.s
  • teas
  • tease
  • tees
  • these
  • thies
  • three's
  • threes
  • trease
  • trees
  • treese
  • v's
  • v.'s
  • v.s
  • vees
  • vries
  • wease
  • weese
  • wheeze
  • wiese
  • yeas
  • z's
  • z.'s
  • zeese
  • zeis
• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • agrees
  • andries
  • appease
  • ashis
  • aziz
  • belize
  • bibi's
  • brunjes
  • burmese
  • c.d.s
  • cadiz
  • capri's
  • ccs
  • cds
  • chemise
  • chinese
  • decrees
  • defrees
  • defries
  • degrees
  • disease
  • displease
  • draftees
  • duvrees
  • esprit's
  • faries
  • fejes
  • foresees
  • francies
  • furches
  • hardee's
  • jaycees
  • lessees
  • louise
  • maltese
  • marie's
  • mcclees
  • mcgee's
  • mckee's
  • mclees
  • mcnease
  • mcnees
  • menees
  • nestle's
  • ortiz
  • pawnees
  • reprise
  • ruiz
  • rupees
  • scorsese
  • sinise
  • talese
  • trainees
  • trapeze
  • trustee's
  • trustees
  • trustees'
  • tt's
  • unease
  • vertrees
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • abductees
  • absentees
  • abts
  • adoptees
  • amputees
  • annamese
  • apc's
  • appointees
  • aujourd'hui's
  • balinese
  • cantonese
  • conferees
  • delouis
  • deportees
  • designees
  • devotees
  • disagrees
  • enlistees
  • enrollees
  • escapees
  • expertise
  • franchisees
  • franchisees'
  • guarantee's
  • guarantees
  • guaranties
  • guaranty's
  • honorees
  • inductees
  • internees
  • japanese
  • javanese
  • jeanlouis
  • journalese
  • licensees
  • nepalese
  • nominee's
  • nominees
  • overseas
  • parolees
  • referee's
  • referees
  • resignees
  • retiree's
  • retirees
  • retirees'
  • returnees
  • rwandese
  • siamese
  • sinhalese
  • stds
  • sudanese
  • taiwanese
  • tennessee's
  • timorese
  • underseas
• Four Syllable Rhymes
  • abdulaziz
  • indochinese
  • interviewees
  • lapd's