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Synonyms for sanatorium

10 synonyms
1 meaning

noun

Most common

nut house snake pit madhouse bedlam hospital sanatarium

All synonyms

Noun

1. Madhouse

madhouse, nut house, bedlam, snake pit, booby hatch, looney bin, funny farm slang, cuckoo's nest slang

Other

hospital, sanatarium

Definitions

n. 1
An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.

Related words

Other spellings: sanitarium US sanitorium

Forms

Plural: sanatoriums → madhouses, bedlams, hospitals, sanatariums…

Example sentences

madhouse It's not a madhouse. It's a clinic for the mentally unstable.
bedlam She came from a family of ten, so bedlam was the norm.
hospital His father passed away last night in the hospital.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
sanatorium		falling
madhouse		rising
bedlam		rising
hospital		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters: bedlam²
8 letters: hospital³, madhouse²
10 letters: sanatarium

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bedlam² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: sanatorium
Italiano: sanatorio
Español: sanatorio
Deutsch: Sanatorium