Analysis Complete

refuge

/ refuge /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a shelter from danger or hardship
Type of:
shelter
Kinds of:
harbor harbour safehold safe house
noun Sense 2
something or someone turned to for assistance or security
"his only recourse was the police"
"took refuge in lying"
Type of:
resource
Kinds of:
shadow
Derived:
fall back resort recur
noun Sense 3
a safe place
"He ran to safety"
Type of:
area country
Kinds of:
harborage harbourage
noun Sense 4
act of turning to for assistance
"have recourse to the courts"
"an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
Type of:
aid assist assistance
Derived:
fall back resort recur
Semantic Complexity
49%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
20
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

Word Relationship Graph

Synonyms Antonyms Hypernyms Hyponyms

Related Words

shelter harbor harbour safehold safe house resource shadow area country harborage harbourage aid