Synonyms of hospice

hospice

noun

ˈhä-spəs 

as in hotel

a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests

the monks run a hospice for travelers in their mountain retreat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hotel
• hostel
• tavern
• motel
• inn
• hostelry
• campground
• caravansary
• lodge
• public house
• lodgings
• auberge
• guesthouse
• accommodations
• bed-and-breakfast
• spa
• resort
• motor court
• dormitory
• apartment hotel
• tourist court
• youth hostel
• rest
• camp
• motor inn
• B and B
• dorm
• motor lodge
• bunkhouse
• boardinghouse
• lodging house
• flophouse
• court
• rooming house
• fleabag
• doss-house

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hospice

Studies have found, for example, that hospice patients with congestive heart failure or lung cancer live about a month longer, on average, than similar patients in the standard medical system. — Kim Clark, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

An Evanston resident since 1972, Johnson had been in hospice care for the past year and a half. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

And so a hospice worker named Henry Fersko-Weiss created a special program that was focussed on the emotional-care component. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026

Her ritual was inspired by an assignment her mother was given while training as a volunteer at a local hospice. — Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026