'asylum' definitions:
Definition of 'asylum'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person [syn: mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum]
Synonyms of 'asylum'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- almshouse,
- base hospital,
- bedlam,
- bird sanctuary,
- bolt-hole,
- bughouse,
- cache,
- clinic,
- community hospital,
- concealment,
- convalescent home,
- convalescent hospital,
- corner,
- cover,
- covert,
- coverture,
- cranny,
- crazy house,
- cubby,
- cubbyhole,
- dark corner,
- den,
- dugout,
- evacuation hospital,
- farm,
- field hospital,
- forest preserve,
- foster home,
- foxhole,
- funk hole,
- game preserve,
- game sanctuary,
- general hospital,
- halfway house,
- harbor,
- harbor of refuge,
- harborage,
- haven,
- hideaway,
- hideout,
- hidey hole,
- hiding,
- hiding place,
- hole,
- home,
- hospice,
- hospital,
- hospitium,
- infirmary,
- inpatient clinic,
- insane asylum,
- institution,
- inviolability,
- lair,
- lunatic asylum,
- madhouse,
- maison de sante,
- mental home,
- mental hospital,
- mental institution,
- niche,
- nook,
- nursing home,
- nuthouse,
- orphanage,
- osteopathic hospital,
- outpatient clinic,
- padded cell,
- policlinic,
- polyclinic,
- poor farm,
- poorhouse,
- port,
- preserve,
- private hospital,
- proprietary hospital,
- psychiatric ward,
- psychopathic hospital,
- public hospital,
- recess,
- refuge,
- rest home,
- retreat,
- safe haven,
- safehold,
- sanatorium,
- sanctuary,
- secret place,
- security,
- shelter,
- sick bay,
- sickbed,
- sickroom,
- snug harbor,
- special hospital,
- stash,
- state hospital,
- station hospital,
- stronghold,
- surgical hospital,
- teaching hospital,
- undercovert,
- VA hospital,
- veterans hospital,
- voluntary hospital,
- ward,
- well-baby clinic,
- workhouse