inmate

Plural: inmates

Noun

• A person confined to an institution, such as a prison.
• one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
• a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
• a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
• A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
• A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.
• Synonym of passenger, a person held or riding within a vehicle.

Examples

• The strategic player kept his high-scoring tiles like a secret inmate, ready to be unleashed.

Synonyms

con, convict, inpatient, yard bird, yardbird, passenger

Antonyms

outpatient