Synonyms of the word

gallous

• adj. fit to be hanged; wicked; mischievous.

gallows

• n. Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.
• n. (colloquial, obsolete) A wretch who deserves to be hanged.
• n. (printing, obsolete) The rest for the tympan when raised.
• n. (colloquial, obsolete) Suspenders; braces.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallow.

gibbet

• n. An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows.
• n. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
• n. Human form structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
• v. (transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
• v. (transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.