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Synonyms for asylum
əˈsaɪ ləmasy·lum
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Wiktionary
asylumnoun
asylumnoun
A place of safety
asylumnoun
The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
asylumnoun
A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
Princeton's WordNet
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, safetymental 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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
asylumnoun
Synonyms:
sanctuary, shelter, retreat, refuge, place of refugeasylumnoun
Synonyms:
charitable institution
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "asylum":
refuge, resorting, resort, haven, recourse, sanctuary, asylum-, refugee, asylum-seekers, asylum-seeker, nuthouse, sheltered, shelter, madhouse, asylum-seeking
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Asylum":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#714 | safety | |
#1250 | foundation | |
#1338 | introduction | |
#1864 | resort | |
#2710 | creation | |
#3146 | institution | |
#3936 | innovation | |
#4542 | establishment | |
#5932 | haven | |
#6682 | shelter | |
#9989 | asylum | |
#10367 | founding | |
#10384 | sanctuary | |
#11221 | refugee | |
#11736 | refuge | |
#11830 | initiation | |
#22309 | sheltered | |
#22849 | recourse | |
#27200 | origination | |
#39281 | resorting | |
#68065 | chancel | |
#74005 | madhouse | |
#136516 | nuthouse | |
#139227 | bema |
How to use asylum in a sentence?
The withdrawal isn't for our benefit, there will be violence, insecurity will dramatically increase, and once again the Afghan people will start leaving Afghanistan and seeking asylum in other countries.
Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez:
Political asylum is not granted to military officers or deserters who openly called in video for a coup d'état against President Maduro.
Certainly the mainstream parties, as they have reached consensus around asylum seekers and offshore detention shows that they have attempted to adopt or at least co-opt the core policy messages of some of these far right groups.
The state is working with our partners at the City of Chicago and Cook County along with advocacy organizations to welcome those seeking asylum in the United States and provide them stability as they work to build a new life in Illinois. The state has a prior relationship with the hotel being used in the suburbs and their staff has done amazing work welcoming refugees and asylum seekers before, so it is interesting that local officials are choosing this specific instance to gripe to the press about this specific group of asylum seekers that consists of about 30 families. Gov. Pritzker has made it clear that Illinois is [a] welcoming state and xenophobia has no home here.
Hong Kong is a very convenient place and our government has been very generous to people who seek asylum, this provides a huge incentive for these fake refugees to come to Hong Kong and take advantage.
Translations for asylum
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- ملجأ, لجوء, حق اللجوء السياسيArabic
- прытулакBelarusian
- лудница, убежищеBulgarian
- asilCatalan, Valencian
- azyl, útočištěCzech
- asylDanish
- Asyl, psychiatrische AnstaltGerman
- άσυλοGreek
- aziloEsperanto
- manicomio, santuario, asiloSpanish
- پناهندگیPersian
- mielisairaala, turvapaikkaFinnish
- asile psychiatrique, asileFrench
- gealtlannIrish
- הקדש, מדיניHebrew
- elmegyógyintézetHungarian
- asilum, suakaIndonesian
- asilo, manicomioItalian
- アジール, 避難所, 養護施設Japanese
- ទីជ្រកកោន, បដិសរណដ្ឋានKhmer
- manikomju, refuġjuMaltese
- psychiatrische instelling, asielDutch
- asylNorwegian
- azylPolish
- asiloPortuguese
- adăpost, azil, sanctuarRomanian
- убежище, психиатрическая больницаRussian
- уточиште, азил, utočište, azilSerbo-Croatian
- azylSlovak
- azilSlovene
- asylSwedish
- притулокUkrainian
- 避难所Chinese
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