Madhouse

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Offensive An institution for the mentally ill.
  • n. Informal A place of great disorder and confusion.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum
  • n. A place exhibiting stereotypical characteristics of such a house.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An house or institution where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam; -- usually used in a deprecatory sense.
  • n. A chaotic, raucus or highly disordered situation.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A house where insane persons are confined for cure or for restraint; a lunatic asylum; a bedlam.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mental institution    asylum    mental home    insane asylum    psychiatric hospital   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bedlam    booby hatch    crazy house    cuckoo's nest    funny farm   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bedlam    workhouse    description    penitentiary    contrapuntist   
     
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.