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asylum - 20 thesaurus results
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | asylum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | psychiatric hospital |
| Synonyms: | institution, loony bin*, madhouse*, mental hospital, mental institution, sanatorium |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haven |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuge, port |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, harbor, retreat, sanctuary, shelter, harborage, roadstead, sanctum |
| Main Entry: | madhouse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where mentally ill live; place full of commotion |
| Synonyms: | asylum, bedlam, chaos, insane asylum, loony bin*, mental hospital, pandemonium, turmoil, uproar, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, sanitarium |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower*, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap*, stronghold, way out, harborage, hiding place, safe place |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | safety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection from harm |
| Synonyms: | assurance, asylum, cover, defense, freedom, immunity, refuge, sanctuary, security, shelter, impregnability, inviolability, invulnerability, safeness |
| Antonyms: | danger, exposure, jeopardy, vulnerability |
| Main Entry: | shelter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection, habitat |
| Synonyms: | apartment, asylum, cave, cover, covert, crib*, defense, den, dwelling, guard, guardian, harbor, haven, hermitage, hide, hideaway, hideout, home, house, housing, hut, joint*, lodging, pad*, pen, port, preserve, protector, rack, refuge, retreat, roof, roost*, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shack, shade, shadow, shed, shield, tent, tower, turf, umbrella, co-op, condo, digs, harborage, hole in the wall, homeplate, quarterage, retirement, roof over head |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insane asylum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental institution |
| Synonyms: | asylum, bedlam, booby hatch, funny farm, loony bin, madhouse, mental hospital, nut house, snake pit, bughouse, laughing academy, lunatic asylum, mental health institution, mental home, padded cell, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric ward, rubber room, sanatorium, sanitarium |
| 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, school, seminar, society, system, university, orphanage, seminary |
| Main Entry: | safe harbor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of safety |
| Synonyms: | asylum, haven, protection, refuge, retreat, safe house, sanctuary, security, shelter, hiding place, port in a storm, safe haven, secret place |
| Main Entry: | safe house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of safety |
| Synonyms: | asylum, cloister, haven, hermitage, protection, refuge, retreat, safe harbor, sanctuary, security, shelter, hiding place, port in a storm, safe haven, secret place |
| Main Entry: | enclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area bounded by something |
| Synonyms: | asylum, aviary, bowl, building, cage, camp, cell, close, coliseum, coop, corral, court, courtyard, den, dungeon, garden, ghetto, hutch, jail, pale, park, patch, pen, place, plot, pound, precinct, prison, quad, quadrangle, region, room, stadium, stockade, sty, vault, walk, yard, zone |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where a human lives |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, asylum, cabin, castle, cave*, condominium, cottage, crash pad*, domicile, dormitory, dump*, dwelling, farm, flat, habitation, hangout*, haunt, hearth, hideout, home plate, hospital, house, hut, joint*, manor, mansion, nest*, pad*, palace, place, residence, resort, roof*, rooming house, roost*, shanty, shelter, trailer, turf, villa, boarding house, bungalow, co-op, commorancy, condo, diggings, digs, fireside, hole in the wall, homestead, living quarters, orphanage, parking place, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | security |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | safety, protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, agreement, armament, armor, asylum, bail, bond, care, collateral, compact, contract, covenant, cover, custody, defense, earnest, freedom, guarantee, guard, immunity, insurance, pact, pawn, pledge, precaution, preservation, promise, redemption, refuge, retreat, safeguard, safekeeping, salvation, sanctuary, shelter, shield, surety, surveillance, token, ward, warrant, safeness, safety measure |
| Antonyms: | danger, insecurity, peril, trouble |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hiding place |
| Synonyms: | asylum, camouflage, concealment, covert, defense, drop, front, guard, harbor, haven, port, protection, refuge, retreat, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shelter, harborage |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for seclusion |
| Synonyms: | asylum, cover, covert, haven, port, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, security, shelter, harborage, sanctum |
| 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, school, seminar, society, system, think tank, university, orphanage, seminary |
| Main Entry: | oasis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuge |
| Synonyms: | asylum, cover, escape, harbor, haven, hideaway, retreat, sanctuary, shelter, resting place, safe place, sanctum |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place one goes for peace |
| Synonyms: | ark, asylum, cell, cloister, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, habitat, harbor, haunt, haven, hermitage, hideaway, ivory tower*, port, privacy, refuge, resort, safe house, sanctuary, seclusion, security, shelter, solitude, adytum, hiding place, retirement, safe place |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sanctuary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place to hide, be safe |
| Synonyms: | asylum, church, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, ivory tower*, oasis, port, protection, refuge, resort, retreat, safe house, screen, shelter, shield, harborage, hole-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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