Synonyms of sheltered

sheltered 1 of 2

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

But Flanagan’s Carrie is also extremely sheltered and unprepared for the harsh realities of high school in the 21st century, in addition to grieving for her father. — ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026

The expansive flybridge is the signature feature of the new model, functioning as a fully fledged living space with two helm stations, a sheltered bar, and a spacious lounge. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026

That raises the possibility of patchy frost, particularly in sheltered valleys and locations where winds relax overnight. — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took to the social platform X on Sunday to urge people in Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit and Michoacan to stay sheltered until the government issues a notification that the danger has passed. — Fernando Llano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

While honeybees pass the winter in sheltered hives, the vast majority of North America’s native pollinators do not. — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Those who want could turn the pickup bed area into a sleeping space or leave it open as a sheltered space with full standing height. — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026

From gathering nuts and seeds to building sheltered nests, squirrels ramp up their activity in the fall—and your garden can quickly become an appealing source of food and shelter. — The Spruce, 4 Oct. 2026

This rugged island has cliff paths leading to the old pilot lookout, and sheltered coves. — Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026

Verb

Plage des Dames is a particularly beautiful beach, its historic white wooden beach huts sheltered by oaks. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026

Many migrants who remained in Ceuta have sheltered in Muslim neighborhoods, sleeping on streets, in doorways and in makeshift tent camps and centers run by NGOs and locals. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

Thousands sheltered on Monday in evacuation centres in the Thai capital, parts of it still flooded after havoc brought by intense weekend rain, while swelling reservoirs in an eastern province triggered orders for more to leave their homes. — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026

The new 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods will hammer many small- and medium-sized businesses, including family firms, that up to this point have been largely sheltered from the trade war. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

That, even if someone else read the words, perhaps some part of it could be withheld, could be sheltered. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

Rounding out their trio is Hazel (Kennedi Reece), a sweet, naive young woman, completely sheltered by her conservative upbringing but determined to follow her Michelle Obama dreams. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

Hamas leaders were being sheltered in Qatar—but only at the insistence of Israel and the United States. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

On campus, many people remain doubtful that Northwestern’s athletics and academic missions are aligned, especially as football becomes more and more of a business sheltered by a university. — Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026