Synonyms of asylums

asylums

noun

plural of asylum

as in refuges

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

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