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

2 of 2

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

In Trengove’s relentless third feature, a sheltered 11-year-old white South African boy gradually comes to realise the horrors of the apartheid system. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 July 2026

Inspect decks, sheds, rooflines, crawl spaces, and other sheltered areas regularly throughout spring and early summer. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 19 July 2026

Nearly a century later, Iran selected Kharg as a deep-water oil terminal because its sheltered waters could accommodate large tankers. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 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

Verb

Around 1,000 elderly people and people with disabilities and minors from care homes are being sheltered. — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 25 July 2026

The address has long had barbecue masters as tenants, having also sheltered Bo’s Barbecue, Boneheads and All the Smoke. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Local animal rights group keeps the cats fed, watered, and sheltered, in addition to arranging medical care when necessary. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2026

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

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