Synonyms of sheltering

sheltering 1 of 3

adjective

as in protecting

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shielding
• protection
• safeguarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• 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

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• 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