💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Asylums"
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| sanctuarynoun | A place of safety, refuge, or protection. |
| refugenoun | A place providing safety, protection or shelter. |
| mental hospitalnoun | A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body. |
| insane asylumnoun | (dated) A facility where persons with serious mental disorders are housed. |
| mental institutionnoun | (derogatory or informal) A psychiatric hospital, or the psychiatric ward of a hospital. |
| psychiatric hospitalnoun | A medical facility specializing in inpatient mental health treatment. |
| mental homenoun | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
| homesnoun | (slang) Alternative spelling of holmes. [(slang) An informal term of address, like man or dude.] |
| hospicesnoun | (uncountable) The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life. |
| institutionsnoun | A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work. |
| poorhousesnoun | A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged. |
| workhousesnoun | (British, historical) An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work. |
| lunatic asylumnoun | (dated, offensive) A facility where persons with serious mental disorders are housed. |
| prisonsnoun | (stylized as (Pri)sons) a 2024 Finnish action- splatter horrorhttps://www.screenanarchy.com/amp/2023/11/prisons-teaser-your-next-ultra-violent-action-fix-is-coming-from-finland.htmlfilm written and directed by Esa Jussila. |
| jailsnoun | A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. |
| sanatoriumnoun | An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence. |
| almshousesnoun | A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church, and usually funded by charitable donations. |
| psychiatricnoun | Of, or relating to, psychiatry. |
| sanitariumnoun | (US) Alternative form of sanatorium. [An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.] |
| gulagnoun | (historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s). |
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