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

Several members favored the Piazza della Signoria for the David, whereas architect Giuliano da Sangallo proposed sheltering it beneath the Loggia della Signoria. — Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026

About 200 families are sheltering in the school in Lebanon’s southern coastal city of Tyre. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

As more than 50 others sought refuge in L’Arche de la Nouvelle Alliance, a Protestant church that had been sheltering people already displaced by the violence, the gunmen pursued them. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

The barn likely served several purposes over the years, which includes possibly sheltering animals and vehicles while also providing workshop and storage space. — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2026

Thousands were evacuated, with many sheltering in tents outdoors and afraid to return to their homes due to fears of aftershocks. — Reuters, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026

Animals sheltering underground or in water would have had a better chance of surviving the initial heat pulse. — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Many people are sheltering in Bordeaux, which is France’s sixth-most populous metropolitan area. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

Two separate three-bed guest houses, one with its own pool, offer privacy within privacy, while the commanding 1,300-square-meter (13,993 square feet) six-bed main house spreads the double wings of its terracotta roofs in sheltering fashion. — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026