Bedlam: alternatives and connections

A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sac…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.