SHELTER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SHELTER?

Need another word that means the same as “shelter”? Find 49 synonyms and 30 related words for “shelter” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Shelter” are: tax shelter, protection, sanctuary, place of shelter, refuge, accommodation, housing, home, place of safety, haven, safe haven, sanctum, safe house, shield, cover, a roof, screen, shade, protect, keep safe, keep from harm, afford protection to, provide protection for, save, safeguard, wrap, cover for, preserve, conserve, defend, cushion, secure, guard, hedge, protected, screened, shielded, calm, take shelter, take refuge, seek protection, seek refuge, seek sanctuary, take cover, sequestered

Shelter as a Noun

Definitions of "Shelter" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shelter” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The condition of being protected.
• A way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings.
• Temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons.
• A shielded or safe condition; protection.
• A place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.
• A place providing food and accommodation for the homeless.
• A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger.
• An animal sanctuary.
• Protective covering that provides protection from the weather.

Synonyms of "Shelter" as a noun (18 Words)

a roof	The inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space.
accommodation	Temporary lodgings, sometimes also including board. They reached an accommodation with Japan.
cover	A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something. A manhole cover.
haven	An inlet providing shelter for ships or boats; a harbour or small port. A haven for wildlife.
home	A place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates. He grew up in a good Christian home.
housing	Houses and flats considered collectively. Affordable housing.
place of safety	An abstract mental location.
place of shelter	The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
protection	Protection money paid to criminals especially on a regular basis. He made trade protection a plank in the party platform.
refuge	A place or situation providing safety or shelter. The family came to be seen as a refuge from a harsh world.
safe haven	A ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests.
safe house	A ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests.
sanctuary	Refuge or safety from pursuit, persecution, or other danger. The inner sanctuary where the reliquary was kept.
sanctum	A private place from which most people are excluded. He ushered her into his sanctum and gave her something to drink.
screen	The data or images displayed on a computer screen. They put screens in the windows for protection against insects.
shade	A lampshade. The goal had more than a shade of good fortune about it.
shield	A stylized representation of a shield used for displaying a coat of arms. A face shield is sometimes an integral part of a safety helmet.
tax shelter	Charge against a citizen’s person or property or activity for the support of government.

Usage Examples of "Shelter" as a noun

• He hung back in the shelter of a rock.
• Did they give you any breakfast at the shelter?
• Huts like this are used as a shelter during the winter.
• You're welcome to take shelter from the storm.
• The shelter sees many dogs which have been dumped on Dartmoor.
• An air-raid shelter.

Shelter as a Verb

Definitions of "Shelter" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shelter” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Protect (income) from taxation.
• Provide shelter for.
• Protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather.
• Prevent (someone) from having to do or face something difficult or unpleasant.
• Find refuge or take cover from bad weather or danger.
• Invest (money) so that it is not taxable.

Synonyms of "Shelter" as a verb (31 Words)

afford protection to	Afford access to.
calm	Make calm or still. Gradually I calmed down and lost my anxiety.
conserve	Use cautiously and frugally. Energy is conserved in this process.
cover	Provide with a covering or cause to be covered. He covered left field.
cover for	Travel across or pass over.
cushion	Soften the effect of an impact on. Cushion the blow.
defend	Compete to retain (a title or seat) in a contest or election. They were forced to defend for long periods.
guard	Protect against damage or harm. When a player is so closely guarded he cannot pass the ball.
hedge	Hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge. The cathedral is closely hedged in by other buildings.
keep from harm	Keep in a certain state, position, or activity.
keep safe	Look after; be the keeper of; have charge of.
preserve	Retain (a condition or state of affairs. All records of the past were zealously preserved.
protect	Preserve or guarantee by means of formal or legal measures. He tried to protect Kelly from the attack.
protected	Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage.
provide protection for	Supply means of subsistence; earn a living.
safeguard	Protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure. A framework which safeguards employees from exploitation.
save	Save from sins. Save your strength till later.
screen	Conceal protect or shelter someone or something with a screen or something forming a screen. A high hedge screened all of the front from passers by.
screened	Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm.
secure	Furnish with battens. The government is concerned to secure the economy against too much foreign ownership.
seek protection	Go to or towards.
seek refuge	Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.
seek sanctuary	Make an effort or attempt.
sequestered	Keep away from others.
shade	Represent the effect of shade or shadow on. The Welsh side shaded a tight tough first half.
shield	Remain apart from others for a period of time in order to avoid catching an infectious disease to which one may be particularly vulnerable. Uranium shutters shield the cobalt radioactive source.
shielded	Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm.
take cover	Be seized or affected in a specified way.
take refuge	Proceed along in a vehicle.
take shelter	Make use of or accept for some purpose.
wrap	Cause (a word or unit of text) to be carried over to a new line automatically as the margin is reached, or to fit around embedded features such as pictures. The text in the document wraps around the image.

Usage Examples of "Shelter" as a verb

• The hut sheltered him from the cold wind.
• Only your rental income can be sheltered.
• People were sheltering under store canopies and trees.
• We are sheltered from the awfulness of reality.
• After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people.

Associations of "Shelter" (30 Words)

asylum	A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person. We provide asylum for those too ill to care for themselves.
avalanche	Undergo a rapid increase in conductivity due to an avalanche process. He was swept to his death by an avalanche in 1988.
deportation	The expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien. His deportation to a penal colony.
deviant	A deviant person or thing. Killers deviants and those whose actions are beyond most human comprehension.
escape	Interrupt an operation by means of the escape key. Romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life.
escaped	Having escaped especially from confinement. Searching for two escaped prisoners.
exile	Expel from a country. The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government s actions.
firearm	A rifle, pistol, or other portable gun. He wore his firearm in a shoulder holster.
flee	Run away from a place or situation of danger. He was forced to flee the country.
goggles	Tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes.
guard	The person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team. There would be men guarding the horses.
harbor	Hold back a thought or feeling about. She is harboring a grudge against him.
haven	A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo. A haven for wildlife.
helmet	A protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows.
lancet	Shaped like a lancet arch. A lancet clock.
landslide	An overwhelming majority of votes for one party or candidate in an election. Businessmen have been buried under a landslide of paperwork.
lodge	Be a lodger stay temporarily. She was lodged in the same hall.
migrant	Tending to migrate or having migrated. Appalled by the social conditions of migrant life.
miraculously	In a remarkable and extremely lucky manner. A shrine where people bring the sick to be miraculously healed.
perch	Cause to perch or sit. Peter perched a pair of gold rimmed spectacles on his nose.
port	Land at or reach a port. The French port of Toulon.
precaution	A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. We never took precautions.
protection	Protection money paid to criminals especially on a regular basis. He enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home.
recourse	The legal right to demand compensation or payment. A means of solving disputes without recourse to courts of law.
refuge	The state of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or difficulty. He was forced to take refuge in the French embassy.
refugee	An exile who flees for safety. Tens of thousands of refugees fled their homes.
safely	Without being injured or harmed. The tender plants are safely tucked up for the winter.
safety	A score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line. A safety helmet.
sanctuary	A consecrated place where sacred objects are kept. The inner sanctuary where the reliquary was kept.
transportation	The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs created in 1966. The sentence was one of transportation for life.