Synonyms for orphanage
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awr-fuh-nij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr fə nɪdʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for orphanage Other synonyms for the word orphanage
- abode
- academy
- address
- association
- asylum
- boarding house
- bungalow
- business
- castle
- cave
- clinic
- co-op
- college
- commorancy
- company
- conservatory
- crash pad
- diggings
- digs
- domicile
- dump
- establishment
- fireside
- fixture
- flat
- foundation
- guild
- habitation
- hangout
- haunt
- hearth
- hideout
- hole in the wall
- home plate
- homestead
- hospital
- institute
- joint
- living quarters
- manor
- mansion
- nest
- orphanage
- pad
- palace
- parking place
- place
- residence
- resort
- roof
- rooming house
- roost
- school
- seminar
- seminary
- shanty
- shelter
- society
- system
- think tank
- trailer
- turf
- university
- villa
- where the hat is
Définition of orphanage
Origin :- 1570s, "condition of being an orphan," from orphan (n.) + -age. Meaning "home for orphans" is from 1865 (earlier was orphan house, 1711).
- As in institute/institution : noun organization, usually educational
- As in institution : noun organization
- As in home : noun place where a human lives
- After dinner she went off to Westminster in search of the orphanage.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- But I stopped long enough at the orphanage to ask about the poor baby.
- Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
- The next time she came to the hospital, Kate had much to ask her about the Orphanage.
- Extract from : « Daybreak » by Florence A. Sitwell
- That home of affluence was not mine,—it was only the asylum of my first days of orphanage.
- Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
- For several years they had supported a little girl at an orphanage.
- Extract from : « For the Sake of the School » by Angela Brazil
- Now this orphanage was well conducted, but it wasn't a home; it was an institution.
- Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney
- You would not have let the youngster go into an Orphanage had you known of the matter.
- Extract from : « Tom Gerrard » by Louis Becke
- The head of the orphanage admitted that the total had dropped off.
- Extract from : « The Ambulance Made Two Trips » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- The female head of the orphanage accepted the gift with gratitude.
- Extract from : « The Ambulance Made Two Trips » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- But then he insists that if she isn't born with blue eyes, he will send her to the orphanage.
- Extract from : « Virginia » by Ellen Glasgow
Antonyms for orphanage
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