What are some alternative words for refuge?
Synonyms for refuge
ˈrɛf yudʒ
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Princeton's WordNet
safety, refuge(noun)
a safe place
"He ran to safety"
Synonyms:
prophylactic, condom, sanctuary, safety, safe, resort, guard, asylum, recourse, rubber, base hit, safety devicerecourse, 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, safetyrefuge, 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, safetyrecourse, 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
refuge(noun)
refuge(noun)
A state of safety, protection or shelter
refuge(noun)
A place providing safety, protection or shelter
refuge(noun)
Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
refuge
Synonyms:
protection, shelter, harbor, asylum, retreat, covert, hospitality, sanctuary, hiding-placeAntonyms:
exposure, inhospitableness, peril, pitfall, snare, scylla, charybdis
Dictionary of English Synonymes
refuge(n.)
Synonyms:
shelter, safety, security, protectionrefuge(n.)
Synonyms:
asylum, retreat, sanctuary, harbor, place of safety, place of refuge
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#714 | safety | |
#914 | protection | |
#1286 | safe | |
#1666 | repair | |
#1864 | resort | |
#3146 | institution | |
#3541 | guard | |
#4036 | rubber | |
#4776 | harbor | |
#5932 | haven | |
#6007 | hospitality | |
#6682 | shelter | |
#8206 | retreat | |
#9989 | asylum | |
#10384 | sanctuary | |
#11221 | refugee | |
#11736 | refuge | |
#16604 | condom | |
#17563 | covert | |
#22849 | recourse | |
#26533 | haunt | |
#33827 | hangout | |
#41481 | prophylactic | |
#68065 | chancel | |
#68911 | refugio | |
#127856 | zoar | |
#133660 | refugia | |
#139227 | bema | |
#153145 | refugium |
How to use refuge in a sentence?
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.
Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge.”
Obedience is the greatest refuge of the weak and the coward people!
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.
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.
Translations for refuge
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- ملجأ, ملاذArabic
- прытулакBelarusian
- убежищеBulgarian
- repuBreton
- refugiCatalan, Valencian
- útočištěCzech
- tilflugtDanish
- Zuflucht, HerbergeGerman
- sitsoƒeEwe
- καταφύγιο, άσυλο, υπόθαλψη, προστασίαGreek
- refugioSpanish
- turva, tuki, suoja, suojapaikka, turvapaikkaFinnish
- refugeFrench
- הקדשHebrew
- rifugioItalian
- מקלטHebrew
- 避難所, 避難Japanese
- refugium, confugeruntLatin
- punanga, piringaMāori
- schuilplaatsDutch
- tilfukt, tilfluktNorwegian
- przytułekPolish
- refúgio, abrigoPortuguese
- убежище, укрытиеRussian
- уточиште, utočišteSerbo-Croatian
- útočiskoSlovak
- pribežališčeSlovene
- tillflyktSwedish
- సహకార హస్థం, సురక్షిత స్థావరంTelugu
- sığınakTurkish
- притулокUkrainian
- nơi trú ẩnVietnamese
- 避难所Chinese
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