Shelter Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Shelter
To give refuge to
To shelter, keep, or store in a house or other structure:
To put or keep in a garage
An area set aside for protection.
(--- Sports) To keep (an opponent) from making a gain or scoring; also, to cover (a goal or area) in defensive play
coverture
To give refuge to
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To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
(Mining) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
A device that protects; a guard.
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection.
To give refuge to
To keep from being observed or discovered; hide.
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Hostel is defined as to stay at inexpensive inns that usually have common living areas and little or no amenities.
To give refuge to
An individual designated by law to care for another’s person and property because of the former’s incompetence to make his or her own decisions.
To live or hide in or as in a burrow
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A repair shop for specified items:
To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal:
To engage in or be prepared to engage in battle to prevent (a population or area, for example) from being captured or occupied by an enemy.
To protect, guard, or shield:
To maintain (an area) for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.
To ensure the safety or integrity of; protect or preserve:
To be present on all or nearly all sides of; encircle
To surround on all sides; close in:
Lodge is defined as to provide or rent a cottage or resort space, to be stuck or caught, or to store something.
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Removed or remote from others; solitary:
The definition of sequestered is to be kept apart from others.
The protection given by a sanctuary or refuge or by one country to refugees from another country
Anything that covers
Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
The act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
A place affording peace, quiet, privacy, or security.
A sacred or holy place.
Something that gives or assures safety, tranquillity, certainty, etc.; protection; safeguard
To lay up in a barn.
To provide with accommodations
To give refuge to
A naturally occurring underground hollow or passage, especially one with an opening to the surface of the Earth. Caves can form through a variety of processes, including the dissolution of limestone by flowing water, the differential cooling of volcanic magma (which occurs when the outside surface of the lava cools, but the inside continues to flow downwards, forming a hollow tube), or the action of wind and waves along a rocky coast.
To inhabit or hide in a den.
To make indistinct or difficult to perceive:
To give refuge to
To put or keep in a hangar
(Military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
To give refuge to
To give refuge to
To shade is to protect from light or heat.
A sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships.
Tent is defined as to lodge, live in or cover with canvas structures with metal poles and stakes for structure and support.
To surround or fortify with trenches; entrench
To give refuge to
A room or rooms rented in a private home
To provide a haven for
(Baseball) To swing at a pitch near (home plate) in order to avoid being called out on strikes.
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To give refuge to
To enclose protectively.
To envelop or clasp; enfold:
To give refuge to
To give refuge to
To provide or cover with or as with a roof
To lose a natural growth or covering by natural process:
take-care-of
To deal with, handle.
To capture or confine:
cote
To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.
Antonyms for Shelter
A formal exposition of facts.
Danger is defined as a possibility that something harmful or unpleasant will happen, or a person or thing that causes harm.
(Idiomatic) To extinguish a light or other device
To remove (a tenant) from leased premises by legal procedure, as for failure to pay rent
The condition of being exposed, especially to severe weather or other forces of nature:
Synonym Study
- A sanctuary is an asylum that has a sacred or inviolable character the former right of sanctuary in churches
- 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
- 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
- Refuge suggests a place of safety that one flees to in escaping danger or difficulties he sought political refuge in France
- 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
Find another word for shelter. In this page you can discover 93 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for shelter, like: hideout, cover, house, garage, sanctuary, expose, guard, coverture, shack, cottage and shield.
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