Asylum

//əˈsaɪləm//

Synonyms for "asylum" (121 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(1 words)
sanctuary

Strong matches (36)

Noun(2 words)
grithinsane asylum

Related words (60)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

3 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

2 entries

dbpedia genre

1 entries

derived

14 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

148 translations across 67 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • azil noun (place of safety)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἄσυλον noun (place of safety)

Arabic

4 entries
  • لُجُوء noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • مَلْجَأ noun (place of safety)
  • مَلْجَأ noun (place of safety)
  • مَوْئِل noun (place of safety)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ապաստան noun (place of safety)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • pənah noun (place of safety)
  • sığıncaq noun (place of safety)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • вар'я́цкі дом noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • прыту́лак noun (place of safety)
  • псыхіятры́чны шпіта́ль noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Bengali

1 entries
  • পানা noun (place of safety)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • лу́дница noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • убе́жище noun (place of safety)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ခိုလှုံခွင့် noun (place of safety)

Catalan

1 entries
  • asil noun (place of safety)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 庇護 /庇护 noun (place of safety)
  • 精神病院 noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • 避難所 /避难所 noun (place of safety)

Czech

2 entries
  • azyl noun (place of safety)
  • útočiště noun (place of safety)

Danish

1 entries
  • asyl noun (place of safety)

Dutch

2 entries
  • asiel noun (place of safety)
  • psychiatrische instelling noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • azilo noun (place of safety)
  • azilo noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • psikiatria hospitalo noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Estonian

2 entries
  • asüül noun (place of safety)
  • varjupaik noun (place of safety)

Finnish

2 entries
  • mielisairaala noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • turvapaikka noun (place of safety)

French

2 entries
  • asile noun (place of safety)
  • asile psychiatrique noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Galician

1 entries
  • asilo noun (place of safety)

Georgian

1 entries
  • თავშესაფარი noun (place of safety)

German

2 entries
  • Asyl noun (place of safety)
  • psychiatrische Anstalt noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Greek

1 entries
  • άσυλο noun (place of safety)

Hindi

4 entries
  • पनाह noun (place of safety)
  • पनाहगाह noun (place of safety)
  • पागलख़ाना noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • शरण noun (place of safety)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • elmegyógyintézet noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • menedékhely noun (place of safety)
  • menhely noun (place of safety)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • asilum noun (place of safety)
  • pengungsian noun (place of safety)
  • perlindungan noun (place of safety)
  • suaka noun (place of safety)

Irish

2 entries
  • gealtlann noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • tearmann noun (place of safety)

Italian

2 entries
  • asilo noun (place of safety)
  • manicomio noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Japanese

4 entries
  • アサイラム noun (place of safety)
  • アジール noun (place of safety)
  • 避難所 noun (place of safety)
  • 養護施設 noun (place of safety)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • баспана noun (place of safety)
  • бассауға noun (place of safety)
  • пана noun (place of safety)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ទីជ្រកកោន noun (place of safety)
  • បដិសរណដ្ឋាន noun (place of safety)

Korean

2 entries
  • 망명 noun (place of safety)
  • 피난처 noun (place of safety)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • башкалка noun (place of safety)

Latvian

1 entries
  • patvērums noun (place of safety)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • prieglauda noun (place of safety)
  • prieglobstis noun (place of safety)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • азил noun (place of safety)
  • лудница noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • прибежиште noun (place of safety)

Malay

1 entries
  • suaka noun (place of safety)

Maltese

2 entries
  • manikomju noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • refuġju noun (place of safety)

Middle English

1 entries
  • grith noun (place of safety)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • орогнол noun (place of safety)

Māori

2 entries
  • hōhipera mate hinengaro noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • piringa noun (place of safety)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • penageh noun (place of safety)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • asyl noun (place of safety)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • asyl noun (place of safety)

Occitan

1 entries
  • asil noun (place of safety)

Pashto

2 entries
  • پناه noun (place of safety)
  • پناه ګاه noun (place of safety)

Persian

2 entries
  • پناه noun (place of safety)
  • پناه گاه noun (place of safety)

Polish

4 entries
  • azyl noun (place of safety)
  • dom obłąkanych noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • przytułek noun (place of safety)
  • szpital psychiatryczny noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • asilo noun (place of safety)
  • hospício noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • manicómio noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • manicômio noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Romanian

4 entries
  • adăpost noun (place of safety)
  • azil noun (place of safety)
  • azil noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • sanctuar noun (place of safety)

Russian

4 entries
  • дурдо́м noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • прибе́жище noun (place of safety)
  • приста́нище noun (place of safety)
  • прию́т noun (place of safety)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • ओकस् noun (place of safety)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • àzīl noun (place of safety)
  • ùtočīšte noun (place of safety)
  • а̀зӣл noun (place of safety)
  • у̀точӣште noun (place of safety)

Slovak

2 entries
  • azyl noun (place of safety)
  • útočište noun (place of safety)

Slovene

3 entries
  • azil noun (place of safety)
  • pribežališče noun (place of safety)
  • zatočišče noun (place of safety)

Spanish

3 entries
  • asilo noun (place of safety)
  • manicomio noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • santuario noun (place of safety)

Swedish

2 entries
  • asyl noun (place of safety)
  • mentalsjukhus noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kalingaan noun (place of safety)

Tajik

2 entries
  • паноҳ noun (place of safety)
  • паноҳгоҳ noun (place of safety)

Tamil

3 entries
  • அடைக்கலம் noun (place of safety)
  • தஞ்சம் noun (place of safety)
  • மனநல காப்பகம் noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Turkish

2 entries
  • iltica noun (place of safety)
  • sığınak noun (place of safety)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gaçybatalga noun (place of safety)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • божеві́льня noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • приту́лок noun (place of safety)
  • психіатри́чна ліка́рня noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Urdu

2 entries
  • پناہ noun (place of safety)
  • پناہگاہ noun (place of safety)

Uyghur

3 entries
  • جاي noun (place of safety)
  • پاناھ noun (place of safety)
  • پاناھگاھ noun (place of safety)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • boshpana noun (place of safety)
  • joy noun (place of safety)
  • panoh noun (place of safety)
  • panohgoh noun (place of safety)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • viện cứu tế noun (place of safety)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gwallgofdy noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)
  • seilam noun (mental asylum — see also mental hospital)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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The embassy denied political asylum to foreign refugees.

Source: tatoeba (275706)

Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.

Source: tatoeba (554806)

My ancestors hoped to find political asylum.

Source: tatoeba (680271)

Thousands of people apply for political asylum each year.

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