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madhouse

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of madhouse

1 a place where insane people are cared for

it was hard to believe that this place with the bright cheery walls was really a madhouse

Synonyms of madhouse

asylum, bedlam, institution

Words Related to madhouse

halfway house, home

hospice, sanatorium, sanitarium, sanitorium

2 a place of uproar or confusion

our house is always a madhouse on school mornings, with five kids and two dogs running around

Synonyms of madhouse

babel, bedlam, circus, scrum [British], three-ring circus

Words Related to madhouse

bustle, commotion, pandemonium, racket, ruckus, tumult, turmoil

brouhaha, clamor, clatter, din, hubbub, noise

chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, havoc, hell, mess, muss, shambles

Near Antonyms of madhouse

arcadia, heaven, paradise, utopia

order, orderliness, organization

calm, lull, peace, respite

hush, quiet, silence, stillness

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