Refuge and Support

Refuge

Refuge noun - Something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger.

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Support and refuge are semantically related in access topic. In some cases you can use "Support" instead a noun "Refuge".

Nearby Words: refugee, refugia

Support noun - A structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else.

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Refuge and support are semantically related in access topic. Sometimes you can use "Refuge" instead a noun "Support".

popular	popular refuge	popular support
small	small refuge	small support
real	real refuge	real support
massive	massive refuge	massive support
Other adjectives: possible, online.

Refuge in Audacity Roof Hopping: You know an organization is bad ass when all of its support staff / engineering mooks can roof hop onto a zeppelin to clear off before an attack.

Source: Manga / Giant Robo
Big Lipped Alligator Moment: After the defeat at Poltava Charles and his surviving men took refuge for four years in the Ottoman Empire, in a bid to gain Turkish support against Russia.

Source: Useful Notes / The Great Northern War
While the Border Worlds could count on support from the Terran Confederation, being located in the border region between the Confederation and the Kilrathi Empire, the Landreich was located on a more tertiary front and largely relied on Refuge in Audacity to fend for themselves.

Source: Break Out the Museum Piece

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Support and Refuge. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/refuge/support

Refuge & Support. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/refuge/support>.

Support or Refuge. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/refuge/support.

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