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

Pakistan has long accused Afghanistan's Taliban government of sheltering militants responsible for cross-border attacks. — Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

Critics are quick to argue that this is just another example of lowering expectations and sheltering students from potential failure. — Matt Williams, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Pakistan often accuses Kabul of sheltering the TTP and turning a blind eye to cross-border militant attacks. — Riaz Khan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Abdel Gelil is now sheltering with family in the southwestern city of Taiz, while others are sleeping in the streets or erecting makeshift tents out of plastic. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Red spruce forests once covered a million acres of the central Appalachians, before being reduced by logging, fire, acid rain, and wind damage from the loss of sheltering trees. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

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

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