Synonyms of sheltered

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adjective

as in secluded

screened or sequestered from view

moored the sailboat in a sheltered cove

Synonyms & Similar Words

• secluded
• hidden
• isolated
• quiet
• cloistered
• retired
• covert
• remote
• lonely
• private
• lone
• secret
• solitary
• reclusive
• lonesome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obvious
• visible
• exposed

sheltered

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verb

past tense of shelter

1

as in protected

to be or provide a shelter for

the abandoned barn shelters a colony of stray cats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protected
• housed
• harbored
• secured
• defended
• shielded
• refuged
• safeguarded
• warded
• shaded
• domiciled
• covered
• screened
• placed
• quartered
• shadowed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposed

2

as in housed

to provide with living quarters or shelter

sheltered the troops in tents until permanent barracks could be built

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housed
• accommodated
• lodged
• roofed
• camped
• boarded
• domiciled
• billeted
• harbored
• encamped
• roomed
• quartered
• bivouacked
• bestowed
• bunked
• chambered
• secured
• ensconced
• took in
• tented
• stabled
• homed
• put up
• roosted
• shedded
• bedded (down)
• barracked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ejected
• evicted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sheltered

Adjective

Hornets like to build nests beneath eaves because the sheltered space protects their colonies from the elements. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026

Providing clean water for bathing in sheltered, clean bird baths. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026

Making matters worse, a mysterious illness is now airborne, forcing people like the man upstairs (Lee Kang-sheng) and the woman downstairs (Yang Kuei-mei) to remain sheltered in place at home. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 July 2026

Our landing spot was tucked out of the wind in the lee of dense black spruce, a perfect place to stay sheltered and dry. — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026

There is free morning yoga on a sheltered deck overlooking a hillside lawn. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026

Add Birdhouses, Birdbaths, and Water Dishes Chastain adds birdhouses to sheltered locations to attract birds, and also places a feeder and water dish nearby for them. — The Spruce, 5 July 2026

During winter months, move potted blueberry plants to a sheltered location to protect them from cold winter winds. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 June 2026

This year, a census report compiled by Nutmeg Consulting found that the homeless sheltered population increased by around 17%, while the number of people living outside decreased by almost 50%. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026

Verb

Multiple calls to sheriff’s dispatchers brought deputies to the woman, who sheltered in the apartment of a Good Samaritan, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026

About 120 of those who could walk were being sheltered in a gym, while the rest were housed in a psychiatric hospital, local authorities said. — ABC News, 4 July 2026

Apartment residents were temporarily sheltered at Hunt Middle School. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

Loud explosions shook the Ukrainian capital, where more than 50,000 people sheltered in subway stations after authorities issued air raid warnings, the Kyiv Metro said. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Though not fully enclosed (which saved on cost), it’s sheltered by a wall of ipe wood on one side and a stand of low trees and plants on the other. — Rory Evans, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2026

That’s roughly $64,000 per person sheltered, most of them temporarily. — David Lee Condrey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2026

Many of these restaurants will open during January’s launch phase; meanwhile, lunch at Tapasake lives up to its extraordinary surroundings, perched on The Link’s broad rooftop, sheltered between the two towers. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026

Counselors and campers sheltered in place in the Bubble Inn, Twins I, Twins II and Wiggle Inn cabins, as they were told, awaiting further instruction. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 23 June 2026