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Synonyms of quarantine

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Another word for quarantine is lazaret. Other synonyms of quarantine are lazaretto, lazar house, lockdown, stay-at-home order and isolate more generally.

Synonyms and similar words for quarantine

nounA place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.

  • lazaretA building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious...
  • lazarettoA building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of...
  • lazar houseSynonym of leprosery: A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

nounA period of time where people are not allowed to leave their homes to contain the spread of an...

verbSynonym of isolate more generally.

  • isolate more generally

verbSynonym of restrict.

  • restrictTo restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine.

Meaning of quarantine

  1. noun A period of 40 days, particularly.
  2. noun The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
  3. noun The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.

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Questions about synonyms of quarantine

What is another word for quarantine?
Quarantine has 7 synonyms on Word.ws, such as lazaret, lazaretto, lazar house, lockdown, stay-at-home order, isolate more generally and restrict.
What does quarantine mean?
Quarantine means a period of 40 days, particularly.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quarantine (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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