/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of snake pit Find synonyms for: Noun1. hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno, region, partusage: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";2. Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit, mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylumusage: pejorative terms for an insane asylumWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: languid Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language