Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun snake_pit

2 senses of snake pit

Sense 1
hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno -- (any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";)
       => region, part -- (the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space")

Sense 2
Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit -- (pejorative terms for an insane asylum)
       => mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum -- (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)