Synonyms of asylum

asylum

noun

ə-ˈsī-ləm 

as in refuge

something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger

the embassy serves as an asylum for that country's nationals in need of help

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refuge
• shelter
• sanctuary
• retreat
• residence
• haven
• sanctum
• harbor
• lodging
• oasis
• bolt-hole
• housing
• abode
• port
• hideout
• harborage
• dwelling
• anchorage
• house
• domicile
• rest
• quarters
• fortress
• mooring
• cloister
• roof
• habitation
• screen
• castle
• stronghold
• fort
• place
• lair
• closet
• den
• diggings
• cover
• shed
• hideaway
• hermitage
• palisade
• lodgment
• lee
• pad
• fastness
• redoubt
• windbreak
• covert
• lean-to

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of asylum

Thousands of children are now separated from parents at the border, denied asylum protections and threatened with the loss of legal safeguards. — Hannah Harshe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

The South Korean team matched a ridge that lays southwest of the asylum to an earlier sketch by Van Gogh and used astronomy software to re-create the dawn sky for every day in June and July 1889. — News Desk, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026

The woman, Cinthya Carranza, was a single mother and asylum seeker from Guanajuato — and Joanna Martinez’s cousin. — Francesca D’annunzio, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2026

The fences with razor wire along the border, erected by Orbán in 2015 to keep out migrants and asylum seekers, will also stay in place. — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026