Synonyms for refuge
Most common
protection shelter asylum sanctuary ark oasis stronghold recourse
Definitions
- n. 1
A state of safety, protection or shelter.
- n. 2
A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
Related words
- Word family
- refugee
- Phrases
- refuge island pedestrian refuge last refuge women's refuge
- Is a kind of
- place
Forms
- Plural
- refuges → sanctuaries, shelters, asylums, protections…
Example sentences
- protection They may properly claim the protection of the law.
- shelter Tom volunteers at a homeless shelter twice a week.
- asylum The majority of the insane asylum was closed down.
- sanctuary The sanctuary is before; and the thief, behind.
- ark How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
- oasis Can Algeria's desert be turned into a green oasis?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| refuge | steady | |
| protection | steady | |
| shelter | steady | |
| asylum | rising | |
| sanctuary | rising | |
| ark | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- ark1
- 4 letters
- zoar
- 5 letters
- guard1, shift1, haven2, oasis3
- 6 letters
- safety2, device2, harbor2, asylum3, covert2
- 7 letters
- defense2, defence2, shelter2, harbour2
- 8 letters
- security4, recourse2
- 9 letters
- sanctuary4, expedient4
- 10 letters
- protection3, stronghold2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (haven2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- refuge
- Italiano
- rifugio
- Español
- refugio
- Deutsch
- Zufluchtsort