Synonyms of madhouse
32 similar words
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
- noun A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.
- 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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