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Synonyms of madhouse

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Another word for madhouse is insane asylum. Other synonyms of madhouse are mental hospital, bin, booby-hatch, booby house and bughouse.

Synonyms and similar words for madhouse

nounA house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.

  • insane asylumA facility where persons with serious mental disorders are housed.
  • mental hospitalA hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.
  • bin slang
  • booby-hatch derogatory, slang
  • booby house derogatory, slangBooby-hatch; lunatic asylum.
  • bughouse derogatory, slang
  • crazy house derogatory
  • cuckoo's nest slangA lunatic asylum.
  • funny farm slangAn insane asylum.
  • happy hotel derogatory, euphemistic
  • laughing academy derogatory, euphemisticA mental hospital.
  • loony bin slangA lunatic asylum.
  • mental home
  • grippy sock vacationAn inpatient stay in a psychiatric facility.
  • mental health center
  • mental health hospital
  • mental institutionA psychiatric hospital, or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.
  • nutfarm offensiveAn insane asylum.
  • nuthouse offensiveA hospital for the mentally ill.
  • psych informalA psychiatric hospital or other treatment facility; also, a psychiatric department or ward in such a facility.
  • psych hospital informalClipped compound of psychiatric hospital.
  • psychiatric hospitalA medical facility specializing in inpatient mental health treatment.
  • psychopathic hospital
  • psychiatric wardA facility for treating patients with mental disorders, a mental hospital.
  • psych ward informalClipped compound of psychiatric ward.
  • special hospital euphemistic
  • Tanjung Rambutan offensive
  • whack shack slangA mental hospital.
  • bedlam obsoleteA place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
  • lunatic asylum dated, offensiveA facility where persons with serious mental disorders are housed.
  • mental asylum datedA mental hospital.
  • mental hotel humorous, rareA mental hospital.

Meaning of madhouse

  1. noun A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.
  2. noun A chaotic, uproarious, noisy place.

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Questions about synonyms of madhouse

What is another word for madhouse?
Madhouse has 32 synonyms on Word.ws, such as insane asylum, mental hospital, bin, booby-hatch, booby house, bughouse, crazy house and cuckoo's nest.
What does madhouse mean?
Madhouse means a house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: madhouse (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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