ASYLUM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
   
   Synonym(s)
   • insane asylum (what does insane asylum mean?)
   • institution (what does institution mean?)
   • mental home (what does mental home mean?)
   • mental hospital (what does mental hospital mean?)
   • mental institution (what does mental institution mean?)
   • psychiatric hospital (what does psychiatric hospital mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) asylum is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hospital (what does hospital mean?)
   • infirmary (what does infirmary mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • Bedlam (what does Bedlam mean?)
   • booby hatch (what does booby hatch mean?)
   • crazy house (what does crazy house mean?)
   • cuckoo’s nest (what does cuckoo’s nest mean?)
   • funny farm (what does funny farm mean?)
   • funny house (what does funny house mean?)
   • loony bin (what does loony bin mean?)
   • madhouse (what does madhouse mean?)
   • nut house (what does nut house mean?)
   • nuthouse (what does nuthouse mean?)
   • sanatorium (what does sanatorium mean?)
   • snake pit (what does snake pit mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • commit (what does commit mean?)
   • institutionalize (what does institutionalize mean?)
   • institutionalise (what does institutionalise mean?)
   • send (what does send mean?)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   • commit (what does commit mean?)
   • institutionalize (what does institutionalize mean?)
   • institutionalise (what does institutionalise mean?)
   • send (what does send mean?)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a shelter from danger or hardship
   
   Synonym(s)
   • refuge (what does refuge mean?)
   • sanctuary (what does sanctuary mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) asylum is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shelter (what does shelter mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • harbor (what does harbor mean?)
   • harbour (what does harbour mean?)
   • safehold (what does safehold mean?)
   • safe house (what does safe house mean?)