Poorhouse

Synonyms for "poorhouse" (17 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Noun(3 words)
almshousearchaic termfacility

Strong matches (5)

Noun(1 words)
grim institution
halfway househomehospicenursing home

Related words (8)

Noun(6 words)
obsolete termoppressive systempauper housepoorhouse buildingworkhouseworkhouses
rest homeretreat

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries
archaic lexemebuildingcharitable institutionestablishmentfacilityfigurative usagelinguistic termmetaphorical sensepublic welfare institutionsocial welfare facilitystructure

More specific

4 entries
almshousecounty poorhouseparish poorhouseworkhouse

Collocations

5 entries
poorhouse erapoorhouse historypoorhouse recordspoorhouse residentspoorhouse system

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

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