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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1. Cecilia Riddselius:

   That's how we have interpreted it - we must recognize the asylum status they have given him, it seems like we have different opinions.

2. Paul LePage:

   Asylum seekers, I think the biggest problem in our state, and I'll explain that to you, what happens is you get hepatitis C, tuberculosis, AIDS, HIV, the 'ziki fly,' all these other foreign type of diseases that find a way to our land.

3. Ali Adnan:

   I didn't know how tough it would be to get asylum in Denmark. But when you're fleeing, you do not think about that, you just want to go to a safe country.

4. Joaquin Castro:

   I am urging a full investigation by the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of this incident, and also the Department's policy with respect to the use of local police and a review of refugee shelter's employee training and trauma-informed care practices, no matter who you are or where you come from, everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect by law enforcement. The incident reaffirms the importance of quickly placing these children without their parents into the care of family relatives or sponsors in the United States while their asylum cases are adjudicated.

5. United States:

   The United States Government violates asylum seekers' rights and fails to uphold responsibilities under international law when The US government expels them to Mexico while they seek refuge in United States. Likewise, the Mexican government is accomplice to this violation when it agrees to accept asylum seekers who fled their countries through Mexico to seek refuge in the United States, the United States government wants to turn Mexico into a vast immigration detention center.