| Main Entry: | hospital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where ill, injured are treated |
Synonyms: |
clinic, emergency room, health service, hospice, infirmary, institution, nursing home, rest home, sanatorium, sanitarium, sick bay, surgery, ward |
| Main Entry: | clinic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medical center |
Synonyms: |
dispensary, hospital, infirmary, sick bay, surgery center |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where a human lives |
Synonyms: |
abode, address, apartment, asylum, boarding house, bungalow, cabin, castle, cave*, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, cottage, crash pad, diggings, digs, domicile, dormitory, dump*, dwelling, farm, fireside, flat, habitation, hangout, haunt, hearth, hideout, hole in the wall, home plate, homestead, hospital, house, hut, joint*, living quarters, manor, mansion, nest*, orphanage, pad, palace, parking place, place, residence, resort, roof*, rooming house, roost, shanty, shelter, trailer, turf, villa, where the hat is |
| Notes: | hone means to sharpen, while home (in) means to seek out a target; you can hone a skill but you home in on something a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
Antonyms: |
office |
| Main Entry: | institute/institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization, usually educational |
Synonyms: |
academy, association, asylum, business, clinic, college, company, conservatory, establishment, fixture, foundation, guild, hospital, orphanage, school, seminar, seminary, society, system, think tank, university |
| Main Entry: | infirmary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clinic |
Synonyms: |
dispensary, hospital, sick bay, sickroom |
| Main Entry: | institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization |
Synonyms: |
academy, association, asylum, business, clinic, college, company, conservatory, establishment, fixture, foundation, guild, hospital, institute, institution, orphanage, school, seminar, seminary, society, system, university |
| Main Entry: | sick bay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | isolation area for ill |
Synonyms: |
dispensary, hospital, isolation ward, sick berth, sickroom |