Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Adjective

The word "hospital" can be used as noun, proper noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

city detroit doctor every state major city military base most cities nice part of town town urban and metropolitan areas urban area

Capable Of

page doctor

Coordinate Terms

doctor's office infirmary nurse's office surgery

Derived Terms

Hospital Row antihospital children's hospital cottage hospital field hospital general hospital hospicentric hospital bed hospital corner hospital corpsman hospital fever hospital gangrene hospital gown hospital order hospital pass hospital pharmacy hospital ship hospital soap hospital sock hospitalise hospitalism hospitalist hospitalization hospitalize hospitalman in hospital in the hospital in-hospital interhospital intrahospital lock hospital maternity hospital mental hospital military hospital multihospital nonhospital posthospital prehospital psych hospital psychiatric hospital put someone in hospital superhospital teaching hospital veterinary hospital

Has Property

clean dirty

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

health facility healthcare facility medical building medical institution

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

asylum clinic field hospital institution lazar house lazaret lazaretto leprosarium leprosery

Type Of (IsA)

building facility health service facility large building local customer contact point medical building medical care institution medical facility medical institution modern shelter construction organization place where doctors work where go if injured

Related Terms

hospice hospitable hospitality hospitaller host

Related Terms

almshouse building cities cross doctors doctors nurses doctors patients doctors place emergencies emergency emergency ward establishment facility first first three for emergencies healing healing place healing station hospice hospitable hospitalier hospitality host injury injury place lodging medical medical building medical establishment medical facility medical staff nurses nurses doctors patient patients people place red red cross sick sick people staff station surgery surgical three ward wards

Synonym Network

sickhouse

Used For

caring for patients curing sick delivering babies doctors to work doctors to work within emergencies get surgery get well have heart transplant having surgery healed healing injured healing injured people healing sick healing sick people helping sick people hopefully healing people human recovery human repairs place for babies sick people surgery taking large amounts of money trauma patients treating seriously ill people treating seriously injured people workplace for doctors and nurses

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.