| Main Entry: | refuge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place to hide, have privacy |
Synonyms: |
ambush, anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, den, escape, exit, expedient, fortress, harbor, harborage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, safe place, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap, stronghold, way out |
| Concept: | [Means of safety.] Refuge. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; contingent subservience |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison; asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute; almshouse; hiding place (ambush); sanctum sanctorum (privacy)., roadstead, anchorage; breakwater, mole, port, haven; harbor, harbor of refuge; seaport; pier, jetty, embankment, quay., covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella; barrier; dashboard, dasher [U.S.]., wall (inclosure); fort (defense)., anchor, kedge; grapnel, grappling iron; sheet anchor, killick; mainstay; support; cheek; ballast., jury mast; vent-peg; safety valve, blow-off valve; safety lamp; lightning rod, lightning conductor., means of escape (escape) lifeboat, swimming belt, cork jacket; parachute, plank, steppingstone., safeguard (protection).
-verbs
seek refuge, take refuge, find refuge; seek safety, find safety [more]; throw oneself into the arms of; break for taller timber [U.S.]., create a diversion.
-phrases
bibere venenum in auro; valet anchora virtus.
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Antonyms: |
pitfall |
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| Main Entry: | asylum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuge |
Synonyms: |
cover, den, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, ivory tower, port, preserve, refuge, retreat, safe house, safety, sanctuary, security, shelter |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hiding place |
Synonyms: |
asylum, camouflage, concealment, covert, defense, drop, front, guard, harbor, harborage, haven, port, protection, refuge, retreat, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shelter |
| Main Entry: | expedient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resource |
Synonyms: |
contrivance, device, gency, instrument, instrumentality, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, medium, method, recourse, refuge, resort, scheme, shift, stopgap, stratagem, substitute |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for seclusion |
Synonyms: |
asylum, cover, covert, harborage, haven, port, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, security, shelter |
| Notes: | harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities |
| Main Entry: | hideout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hiding place |
Synonyms: |
cover, den, hideaway, refuge, safe house, safe place, sanctuary, shelter |
| Main Entry: | hut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny, often roughly built, house |
Synonyms: |
box*, bungalow, cabana, cabin, camp, chalet, cot, cottage, crib*, den, dugout, dump*, hovel, hutch, lean-to, lodge, log house, pigeonhole, rathole, refuge, shack, shanty, shed, shelter, summer house, tepee, wigwam |
| Main Entry: | island |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land surrounded by body of water |
Synonyms: |
archipelago, atoll, bar, cay, enclave, haven, isle, islet, key, peninsula, reef, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, shelter |
| Main Entry: | lair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hideout, habitat |
Synonyms: |
burrow, cave, den, earth, form, hideaway, hole, nest, pen, refuge, resting place, retreat, sanctuary |