refuge

Other forms of refuge

plural

refuges·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about refuge

What does refuge mean?

refuge means "a safe place". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in refuge?

refuge has 2 syllables: ref-uge. The stress falls on "ref". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛfjudʒ/.

What is another word for refuge?

Close synonyms include safety, recourse, resort, sanctuary, asylum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is refuge a common word?

refuge is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.