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(1.60 / 5 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. refuge(noun)

   Synonyms:
   sanctuary, zoar, haven

2. refuge(noun)

   A state of safety, protection or shelter

   Synonyms:
   zoar, sanctuary, haven

3. refuge(noun)

   A place providing safety, protection or shelter

   Synonyms:
   zoar, sanctuary, haven

4. refuge(noun)

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

   Synonyms:
   sanctuary, haven, zoar

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.60 / 5 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. refuge(n)

   Synonyms:
   stronghold, asylum, retreat, covert, shelter, protection, security, guard, expedient, device, shift, resort

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

1. List of paraphrases for "refuge":

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

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How to use refuge in a sentence?

1. Anne Richard:

   They aren't really strictly speaking refugees but they are people who need protection and who may well need protection and who may well need refuge outside their country.

2. Janvier Chouteu-Chando:

   Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge.”

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Obedience is the greatest refuge of the weak and the coward people!

4. Mark Amodei:

   I don't know if they will or they won't. That book is still to be written. But obviously, I'm willing to take that risk, listen, I'm taking my refuge in the impacts in my district in Nevada.

5. Xochitl Hinojosa:

   She believes it is critical that everyone has a full and fair hearing, and that our country provides refuge to those that need it, and we should be guided by a spirit of humanity and generosity as we approach these issues.

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