Synonyms of sheltering

sheltering 1 of 3

adjective

as in protecting

Related Words

• protecting
• guarding
• sheltered
• shielding
• safeguarding
• protected
• defended
• secure
• shielded
• guarded
• safe
• invulnerable
• inviolable
• impregnable
• unassailable
• snug
• unconquerable

Dissimilar Words

• dangerous
• hazardous
• unsafe
• risky
• insecure
• threatening
• vulnerable
• menacing
• perilous
• unprotected
• uncertain
• treacherous
• unguarded
• precarious
• minatory
• parlous
• undefended

sheltering

2 of 3

noun

as in shielding

Related Words

• shielding
• protection
• safeguarding

Dissimilar Words

• exposure
• liability
• vulnerability
• openness
• susceptibility
• predisposition
• weakness
• helplessness
• defenselessness

sheltering

3 of 3

verb

present participle of shelter

1

as in housing

to be or provide a shelter for

the abandoned barn shelters a colony of stray cats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protecting
• housing
• harboring
• securing
• defending
• shielding
• refuging
• safeguarding
• warding
• covering
• screening
• quartering
• shading
• placing
• domiciling
• shadowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposing

2

as in accommodating

to provide with living quarters or shelter

sheltered the troops in tents until permanent barracks could be built

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housing
• accommodating
• lodging
• camping
• harboring
• boarding
• bunking
• billeting
• bestowing
• roofing
• quartering
• rooming
• encamping
• domiciling
• bivouacking
• taking in
• securing
• shedding
• roosting
• homing
• chambering
• tenting
• stabling
• putting up
• ensconcing
• bedding (down)
• barracking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ejecting
• evicting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sheltering

Noun

After deputies responded to the property, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office contacted ARC to provide animal-handling expertise, evidence collection, emergency sheltering and eventual placement in permanent homes. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

The quake toppled factories and historic temple gates, cut power and water to tens of thousands and forced mass sheltering, as Japan’s Self Defense Forces and international crews race to save lives. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

And before this temporary sheltering, on Day 103 (orbit 1598) of their mission, Adenot captured a striking photograph of Mount Vesuvius from the space station and shared it on social media. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 June 2026

Community members also raised concerns about the sheltering of those displaced, said communication was confusing and people didn’t know what to plan for, and that some experienced price gouging. — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 27 May 2026

The delays affected a range of disaster-response functions, including housing inspections, temporary sheltering and crisis counseling, and slowed the distribution of aid tied to major events such as the July 2025 Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026

But Seattle has tried to support his game in different ways, with extreme sheltering in terms of quality of competition and deployment. — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026

All this sheltering has created an economic crisis that has grown worse by the day. — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026

The portrayal appears to suggest that motherly attributes are solely within the realm of being loving, caring, comforting, protective, sheltering, and so on. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025

Verb

The city is also sheltering at least 100,000 people who fled violence elsewhere in the country. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Cleaning Up Leaves in Early Spring Just like other pollinators, fireflies and their larvae also use fallen leaf litter as sheltering spots in spring. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2026

Next to the steps to Mont Bessou, there is a welcoming committee sheltering from the rain under several pop-up gazebos. — Andy McGrath, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Al-Zaharnah’s journey of mourning began in October when an Israeli missile leveled the five-story building in Gaza City where his family was sheltering with others during Israel’s war against Hamas militants. — Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Some festivalgoers were sheltering under a museum overhang tonight, singing patriotic tunes as rain began falling. — Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026

After more than an hour sheltering from the rain in the Ronald Reagan Building, Nadine Szewczyk, 67, decided to head back to her hotel. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 5 July 2026

Other footage showed residents sheltering near a metro station as strikes hit the capital, as well as heavy damage across Kyiv, including residential buildings torn apart and thick smoke hanging over parts of the city. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

Thousands of people who have lost their homes are sheltering in schools, parks, and makeshift camps. — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026