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

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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. Leon Rodriguez:

   There's been a very remarkable increase in the number of people asking for asylum in the last five or six years or so, and ... it looks very much like people were trying to take advantage of a very lenient system and one they would not be penalized for using and that motivates illegal immigration and harms the integrity of our legal immigration system.

2. Robyn Barnard:

   The Title 42 order has no basis in public health and the CDC is allowing itself to be used to justify mass expulsions of asylum seekers in violation of Robyn Barnard and international refugee law to harm's way, this policy of expelling asylum seekers is a stain on Robyn Barnard history and it is now part of the President and Vice President's legacy.

3. Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   The situation is extremely unsatisfying, we need a common European asylum policy.

4. Democracy CEO Rachel Ehrenfeld:

   I ’m not surprised by ICE ruling, especially since it seems several, if not all, lied on their asylum application.

5. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   This joint European asylum system cannot just exist on paper but must also exist in practice - I say that because it lays out minimum standards for accommodating refugees and the task of registering refugees.