SHELTERED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in secluded

screened or sequestered from view moored the sailboat in a sheltered cove

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sheltered

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verb

past tense of shelter

as in protected

to be or provide a shelter for the abandoned barn shelters a colony of stray cats

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exposed

as in housed

to provide with living quarters or shelter sheltered the troops in tents until permanent barracks could be built

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Adjective

This year, its 638 beds became part of a jigsaw puzzle of new beds and vacancies that added up to Skid Row’s increase of 614 sheltered residents. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026 Located in the sheltered Gulf of Pteleos, Argyronisos has been powered primarily by solar energy for years and has been carefully preserved rather than extensively developed. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026 There's Volta, a sheltered offering that wraps around the lobby, and Parostia (taking its name from the stone oven of traditional Parian houses), sandwiched between the pool area and the beach. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026 Beautiful anchorages aside, her sundeck is the place to be for the solar eclipse, with generous sun pads, a sheltered Jacuzzi and glass windbreak creating uninterrupted sightlines. — Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 In Trengove’s relentless third feature, a sheltered 11-year-old white South African boy gradually comes to realise the horrors of the apartheid system. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 July 2026 Inspect decks, sheds, rooflines, crawl spaces, and other sheltered areas regularly throughout spring and early summer. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 19 July 2026 Nearly a century later, Iran selected Kharg as a deep-water oil terminal because its sheltered waters could accommodate large tankers. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026 Providing clean water for bathing in sheltered, clean bird baths. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026

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Hundreds others sheltered overnight at the Chiba prefectural government building. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Just below the chapel that gave the beach its name, close to Tinos town, the pebbly cove of Agios Markos (south) has some of the clearest turquoise water on the island, sheltered from wind and somewhat shaded by a stand of tamarisk trees. — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026 When planting future boxwoods, Powers recommends choosing a location sheltered from harsh winter winds and hot afternoon sun. — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 5 Aug. 2026 One option is to use the lid as a protective roof over a feeder, helping keep seed sheltered from rain. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2026 Russian strikes damaged residential buildings, vehicles, storage facilities, a market and a garage complex in the capital, where air raid warnings lasted more than five hours and thousands of residents sheltered in subway stations. — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026 Owners of a tea shop, Harnam Singh and his wife, Banto, are forced to flee their home, yet they are sheltered by Rajo, a Muslim woman who protects them despite opposition within her family. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 On Monday, a woman who briefly sheltered at Kim’s stall called to thank the family for keeping her safe. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 28 July 2026 Around 1,000 elderly people and people with disabilities and minors from care homes are being sheltered. — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 25 July 2026

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Others were more barren, with dusty volcanic rocks and jagged cliffs surrounding secluded turquoise coves.

— Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
Indeed, every room has a private balcony that looks out on either the lake’s clear-blue waters or the botanical gardens, which include a secluded swimming pool.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of secluded

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So, heirs shouldn't assume that a creditor's claim automatically means the house will be sold — or, conversely, that inheriting the house means it's protected from the deceased person's debts.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Although American missile defense systems protected the Gulf from the worst of the barrage, enough Iranian strikes got through to do substantial harm and to disrupt the patina of stability on which the region’s social and economic model rested.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of protected

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The Museum of Rural Arts In 2008, a volunteer association in the hamlet founded the Museum of Rural Arts, which is housed in a historic monastery (Convento di San Girolamo).

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
All the walls lifted to reveal this much larger space where she was housed.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of housed

Adjective

The Buñuelian skeptic in me also shirks at Fried’s approving references to Diderot’s petite église invisible, the small hidden church whose members—painters, critics, curators, patrons—are the vision-gifted serious pursuers of art history.

— Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
The garment also includes hidden rivets, a single-needle arcuate, a single-sided Big E Red Tab, and the Two Horse leather patch.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of hidden

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Affected passengers were being accommodated on later flights.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
When the Berkeley Lab opened its supercomputing center inside the building, the site accommodated an IBM device that at the time was the world’s most powerful unclassified supercomputer.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of accommodated

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These are among the roughly 2,000 complaints consumers have lodged with US auto safety regulators describing problems with glitchy rearview camera systems, a figure that’s surged recently.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
The Other is not modern; its features are to be regarded as lodged in an era that is over and done with.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

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