Synonyms for asylum
əˈsaɪ ləmasy·lum

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1. asylumnoun

   Synonyms:
   shelter, sanctuary

2. asylumnoun

   A place of safety

   Synonyms:
   shelter, sanctuary

3. asylumnoun

   The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.

   Synonyms:
   sanctuary, shelter

4. asylumnoun

   A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

   Synonyms:
   shelter, sanctuary

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. refuge, sanctuary, asylumnoun

   a shelter from danger or hardship

   Synonyms:
   insane asylum, chancel, sanctuary, resort, mental institution, mental hospital, bema, institution, recourse, refuge, psychiatric hospital, mental home, safety

2. mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylumnoun

   a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

   Synonyms:
   foundation, mental home, instauration, creation, psychiatric hospital, sanctuary, mental hospital, refuge, insane asylum, mental institution, institution, founding, innovation, initiation, origination, introduction, establishment

Matched Categories

1. • Hospital
   • Shelter

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. asylumnoun

   Synonyms:
   sanctuary, shelter, retreat, refuge, place of refuge

2. asylumnoun

   Synonyms:
   charitable institution

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1. asylumnoun

   Synonyms:
   retreat, sanctuary

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1. List of paraphrases for "asylum":

   refuge, resorting, resort, haven, recourse, sanctuary, asylum-, refugee, asylum-seekers, asylum-seeker, nuthouse, sheltered, shelter, madhouse, asylum-seeking

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1. List of known nicknames for "Asylum":

   Lee Johnson, L Double, L. Double

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How to use asylum in a sentence?

1. Jeremy McKinney:

   For our asylum seekers, for DACA( Temporary Protected Status) recipients, for all our clients looking for a fair shake before USCIS or EOIR, this is everything.

2. Rados Djurovic:

   We risk violating human rights and asylum law.

3. Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz:

   It is not just a case of Greece not processing those (asylum) claims, but they are actively doing their very best to get the refugees to move on to central Europe as soon as possible, the Western Balkan countries are overrun, overwhelmed and have been left to their own devices.

4. Gabor Gyulai:

   This system would immediately collapse if the asylum seekers decided to stay here rather than going towards western Europe within a few days.

5. Michael Tan:

   This is about the Trump administration's agenda of locking up any asylum seeker they can to deter people from seeking protection under our laws.