Synonyms of asylums

asylums

noun

plural of asylum

as in shelters

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

• shelters
• refuges
• sanctuaries
• retreats
• havens
• residences
• lodgings
• bolt-holes
• sanctums
• harbors
• oases
• abodes
• hideouts
• dwellings
• ports
• harborages
• quarters
• cloisters
• houses
• fortresses
• housings
• domiciles
• habitations
• anchorages
• moorings
• roofs
• forts
• hideaways
• castles
• screens
• closets
• places
• strongholds
• dens
• hermitages
• diggings
• lairs
• redoubts
• sheds
• rests
• palisades
• lodgments
• coverts
• lees
• covers
• windbreaks
• pads
• lean-tos

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of asylums

Such a light as this should shine only on murders and public crime, or along the corridors of lunatic asylums. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

Conditions varied, but some asylums gained reputations as brutal, overcrowded warehouses where patients were neglected and restrained. — ABC News, 24 May 2026

For example, sociologist Erving Goffman showed that the way care is structured in asylums shaped how patients are treated. — Jennifer Singh, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026

Many former asylums are now macabre tourist attractions, whose treatment of their subject matter can range from the sensitive to the sensationalist. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025

But worst of all is the knowledge that all of these terrors were trademarks of the asylums that stowed away those with mental health conditions well into the 20th century. — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025