Home › Words › C › coprisonercoprisonercoprisoner means A fellow prisoner.EtymologyFrom co- + prisoner.nounA fellow prisoner.e.g.“Original petition for writ of habeas corpus to obtain release from custody under sentence to five years imprisonment for aiding coprisoners in endeavors to escape from jail.” — 1958, Southern Reporter. Second Series, page 297:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.coinmate 72% match — A fellow inmate. vs coprisoner →cellmate 71% match — A person with whom one shares a prison cell. vs coprisoner →prisoner 64% match — A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence. vs coprisoner →jailmate 64% match — An acquaintance in prison; a person imprisoned at the same time. vs coprisoner →incarceree 64% match — a prisoner; someone incarcerated vs coprisoner →copatient 61% match — A patient in the same institution. vs coprisoner →celly 61% match — A cellmate. vs coprisoner →incarcerator 60% match — A person who incarcerates. vs coprisoner →