English dictionary

asylum

/@/'s/aI/l/@/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a shelter from danger or hardship

noun.artifact

Synonyms refuge sanctuary

Source: WordNet 3.0
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

noun.artifact

Synonyms insane asylum institution mental home mental hospital mental institution psychiatric hospital

Source: WordNet 3.0
A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.

noun

Source: webster1913