asylum

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A place of safety or refuge.
2. (uncountable) The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
3. (countable, dated, uncountable) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

Synonyms

refuge

shelter

sanctuary

haven

protection

retreat

insane asylum

mental hospital

place of refuge

institution

home

🏠

orphanage

harbor

support

mental home

mental institution

psychiatric hospital

shield

🛡️

camp

sconce

screen

snuggery

tent

⛺

sacred place

safety

Bedlam

bed-chamber

inviolable place of refuge

place to escape to

safehold

aid

mental asylum

almshouse

casing

certiorari

covert

coverture

cowling

dugout

harborage

harbour

hide-away

hospice

hut

🛖

lunatic asylum

madhouse

nook

poorhouse

recourse

resting-place

Translations

asile

asilo

refuge

refugio

Asyl

rifugio

asilo

abri

asilo

asiel

ricovero

άσυλο

refúgio

asil

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈsaɪləm/

Etymology

From Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).