Synonyms for shelter

noun

shelter implies the protection of something that covers, as a roof or other structure that shields one from the elements or danger to find shelter from the rain; refuge suggests a place of safety that one flees to in escaping danger or difficulties he sought political refuge in France; retreat implies retirement from that which threatens one's peace, and withdrawal to a safe, quiet, or secluded place a country retreat, a retreat for prayer and meditation; asylum is applied to a refuge where one is immune from seizure or harm, as because it is beyond a particular legal jurisdiction the convict sought asylum abroad; a sanctuary is an asylum that has a sacred or inviolable character the former right of sanctuary in churches

verb