All asylum synonyms

noun asylum

• shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
• sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
• haven — a harbor or port.
• refuge — shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
• mental hospital — psychiatric institution
• preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
• hideaway — a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.
• harbor — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
• cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
• port — located on the left side of a vessel or aircraft.
• safety — the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
• den — A den is the home of certain types of wild animals such as lions or foxes.
• hole — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
• hideout — a safe place for hiding, especially from the law.
• security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• institution — an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character: This college is the best institution of its kind.
• madhouse — a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
• sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
• safe haven — an area near a combat zone that is maintained as being free from military attack.
• harbour — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
• protection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
• psychiatric hospital — institution treating mental disorders
• ivory tower — a place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs: the university as an ivory tower.
• safe house — a dwelling or building whose conventional appearance makes it a safe or inconspicuous place for hiding, taking refuge, or carrying on clandestine activities.
• loony bin — an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.