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Sanctuary

🔄 Synonyms of "Sanctuary"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
refugenoun	A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
asylumnoun	A place of safety or refuge.
bemanoun	A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
chancelnoun	The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sanctuary"

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Word	Definition
asylumnoun	A place of safety or refuge.
refugenoun	A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
bemanoun	A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
chancelnoun	The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.
shelternoun	(countable) Somewhere one can find protection.
hostelnoun	A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
resortnoun	A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
accommodationnoun	(chiefly British, usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
nuthousenoun	(informal, offensive) A hospital for the mentally ill.
madhousenoun	(figuratively, by extension) A chaotic, uproarious, noisy place.
hideawaynoun	a hiding place, somewhere one can go to get away from other people
hideoutnoun	A place to hide.
homenoun	One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
hutnoun	A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
cabinnoun	The passenger area of an airplane.
hallnoun	A large meeting room.
refugeenoun	(attributive, also figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc.
reservenoun	The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
refugiumnoun	Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.
homelessnoun	(nonstandard, possibly offensive) A person who is homeless.