Definition for Refuge:

• An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.

Synonyms for Refuge:

• n.

  •
  • cache,
  • ambush,
  • sanctum,
  • fortress,
  • home,
  • den,
  • convent,
  • stronghold,
  • poorhouse,
  • orphanage,
  • cloister,
  • monastery,
  • anchorage,
  • covert.
  •
  • outlet,
  • exit,
  • way out,
  • escape,
  • alternative.
  •
  • attack.
  •
  • help.
  •aid (noun)
  • succor.
  •asylum (noun)
  • pre-serve,
  • pre serves,
  • pre-serves,
  • pre serve,
  • asylum.
  •cabin (noun)
  • cabin.
  •cover (noun)
  • coverts,
  • harborages.
  •expedient (noun)
  • gency.
  •hideout (noun)
  • safe places.
  •hut (noun)
  • lean-to,
  • bungalow,
  • rathole,
  • summer house,
  • bungalows,
  • log house,
  • cabanas,
  • huts,
  • tepee,
  • cabana,
  • lean to,
  • leanto,
  • tepees.
  •place to hide, have privacy (noun)
  • haven,
  • preserve,
  • expedient,
  • opening,
  • ivory tower,
  • stopgap,
  • immunity,
  • shield.
  •port (noun)
  • dockages.
  •protection (noun)
  • invulnerabilities,
  • protectings,
  • selfdefense,
  • self-defenses,
  • re assurances,
  • self defense,
  • re-assurances,
  • guardings,
  • re-assurance,
  • selfdefenses,
  • re assurance,
  • in vulnerability,
  • self defenses,
  • in vulnerabilities,
  • in-vulnerabilities,
  • in-vulnerability.
  •recourse (noun)
  • stand-by,
  • stand by.
  •refuge (noun)
  • foxhole,
  • dugout.
  •resort (noun)
  • re-lief,
  • tourist centers,
  • tourist traps,
  • re sort,
  • re sorts,
  • re-sort,
  • re lief,
  • re-sorts,
  • holiday spots.
  •resource (noun)
  • quickwittedness,
  • quick-wittedness.
  •resourcefulness (noun)
  • re-sourcefulnesses,
  • re sourcefulnesses,
  • re-sourcefulness,
  • re sourcefulness.
  •retreat (noun)
  • re-treat,
  • re treats,
  • re-treats,
  • re treat,
  • hiding places.
  •safe harbor (noun)
  • safe havens,
  • port storm,
  • safe-harbor,
  • port in storm,
  • port a storm.
  •safe house (noun)
  • safe-house.
  •safekeeping (noun)
  • guardianship.
  •safety (noun)
  • safeness,
  • impregnability.
  •sanctuary (noun)
  • game refuges,
  • hole ups,
  • conservation areas,
  • holeups,
  • holeup,
  • nature preserves,
  • hole-ups.
  •security (noun)
  • pre cautions,
  • pro mises,
  • pre caution,
  • pro mise,
  • pre-cautions,
  • pro-mises,
  • pre-caution,
  • pro-mise.
  •shelter (noun)
  • co ops,
  • quarterages,
  • co op,
  • homeplates,
  • hole wall,
  • hole the wall,
  • hole in wall,
  • roof over heads.
  •stopgap (noun)
  • temporary expedient,
  • band aid.
  •substitute (noun)
  • succedaneum,
  • supplanter,
  • dernier ressort,
  • changelings,
  • vicar,
  • temporaries,
  • Succedanea,
  • changeling,
  • Temps,
  • pinch-hitter,
  • temp,
  • locum tenens,
  • procurators,
  • locum,
  • procurator,
  • substitute.
  •subterfuge (noun)
  • dis honesty,
  • dis-honesties,
  • dis honesties,
  • pre tenses,
  • pre tense,
  • pre-tense,
  • dis-honesty.
  •surrogate (noun)
  • substitute agents.
  •tower (noun)
  • cloud buster,
  • high rise,
  • minarets,
  • obelisk,
  • minaret.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bolthole,
  • lodging,
  • inner sanctum,
  • hideaway,
  • harborage.
  •
  • fig leaf,
  • retirement,
  • stash.
  •
  • reserve.
  •
  • camouflage.
  •arbor
  • bower.
  •protection
  • lee.
  •stronghold
  • castle.

Paraphrases for Refuge:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    sanctuary, Refugio.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    sanctuary.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    GIS, Refugia, refugium, recourse, retreat, harbouring, accommodation, reception, protection, Resorting, home.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    shelter, refugee, Refugees, haven.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    shelter, refugee, haven.

Antonyms for Refuge:

• n.

  • place to hide, have privacy
    solid, entrance, permanent, closure.

Refuge Sentence Examples:

• I am only too pleased that my house should be your refuge.

• Most women would have found refuge in words.

Homophones for Refuge:

• reface, rabies, ribes, rooibos, roof peak, rib cage, rhapis, rbc, rear back, Rebozo, revise, ribose, repose, repechage, rapacious, rubbishy, ravish, repossess, refocus, ravehook, rhibhus, ribhus, rubiaceae, Rara Avis, rebecca, ripsaw, rubus, refuse, roebuck, reap hook, Rubus Caesius, rubbish, raphus, rebekah, refugee, rebuke, rebus, raffish, revoke, ravage.

Hypernym for Refuge:

• n.

  • location
    harbourage, harborage.

Hyponym for Refuge:

• n.

  • location
    country, area.