Synonyms for refuge
ˈrɛf yudʒ

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. safety, refuge(noun)

   a safe place

   "He ran to safety"

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, condom, sanctuary, safety, safe, resort, guard, asylum, recourse, rubber, base hit, safety device

2. recourse, refuge, resort(noun)

   something or someone turned to for assistance or security

   "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

   Synonyms:
   repair, sanctuary, resort, stamping ground, asylum, holiday resort, hangout, recourse, resort hotel, haunt, safety

3. refuge, sanctuary, asylum(noun)

   a shelter from danger or hardship

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

4. recourse, resort, refuge(noun)

   act of turning to for assistance

   "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"

   Synonyms:
   repair, sanctuary, resort, stamping ground, asylum, hangout, holiday resort, resort hotel, recourse, haunt, safety

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. refuge(noun)

   A state of safety, protection or shelter

   Synonyms:
   sanctuary, zoar, haven

2. refuge(noun)

   A place providing safety, protection or shelter

   Synonyms:
   zoar, sanctuary, haven

3. refuge(noun)

   Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort

   Synonyms:
   zoar, sanctuary, haven

4. refuge(noun)

   Synonyms:
   sanctuary, haven, zoar

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. refuge

   Synonyms:
   protection, shelter, harbor, asylum, retreat, covert, hospitality, sanctuary, hiding-place

   Antonyms:
   exposure, inhospitableness, peril, pitfall, snare, scylla, charybdis

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. refuge(n.)

   Synonyms:
   shelter, safety, security, protection

2. refuge(n.)

   Synonyms:
   asylum, retreat, sanctuary, harbor, place of safety, place of refuge

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   sanctuary, haven, shelter, asylum, refugium, refugio, refugia, refugee, resort

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