Definition for Shelter:

• To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.

Synonyms for Shelter:

• adj.

  •top (adjective)
  • covering.

• n.

  •
  • domicile,
  • Doublewide,
  • cohousing.
  •
  • exercise,
  • kennel,
  • lodging,
  • handler,
  • litter,
  • housing,
  • heel,
  • domesticate.
  •
  • covert,
  • watch over,
  • retreat,
  • attack,
  • safety.
  •
  • home,
  • parry,
  • hospice,
  • deflect,
  • hospital.
  •
  • blockhouse,
  • guardhouse,
  • Humpy,
  • bunker,
  • harborage,
  • pillbox,
  • bomb shelter,
  • fallout shelter,
  • lean-to.
  •
  • cache,
  • hideaway,
  • house.
  •bunker (noun)
  • blockhouse.
  •cover (noun)
  • harborage.
  •covering (noun)
  • shroud.
  •darkness (noun)
  • shadow.
  •defense (noun)
  • aversion,
  • barrier,
  • stronghold,
  • harbor,
  • armor,
  • security,
  • protection,
  • moat,
  • countermeasure,
  • resistance,
  • argument,
  • defense,
  • wall,
  • rebuttal,
  • response,
  • fortress.
  •hospital (noun)
  • hospice.
  •hut (noun)
  • lean-to.
  •oasis (noun)
  • oasis.
  •poverty (noun)
  • poorhouse.
  •protection, habitat (noun)
  • guard,
  • cave,
  • joint,
  • cover,
  • screen,
  • port,
  • protector,
  • haven,
  • asylum,
  • defense,
  • pen,
  • harbor,
  • digs,
  • roof,
  • hideaway,
  • guardian,
  • lodging,
  • rack,
  • shadow,
  • den,
  • refuge,
  • Quarterage,
  • house,
  • retirement,
  • hut,
  • hide,
  • shield,
  • umbrella,
  • hermitage,
  • crib,
  • tower,
  • safety,
  • shade,
  • co-op,
  • tent,
  • sanctuary,
  • housing,
  • harborage,
  • homeplate,
  • pad,
  • security,
  • preserve,
  • apartment,
  • retreat,
  • covert,
  • condo,
  • shed,
  • hideout,
  • turf,
  • shack,
  • roof over head,
  • home,
  • roost,
  • dwelling.
  •quarters (noun)
  • cantonment.
  •refuge (noun)
  • hideout,
  • refuge,
  • haven,
  • sanctuary,
  • dugout,
  • asylum,
  • foxhole.
  •safety (noun)
  • safeness.
  •seclusion (noun)
  • quarantine,
  • retirement,
  • sequestration.
  •shack (noun)
  • shanty.
  •shanty (noun)
  • shack.
  •shelter (noun)
  • tax shelter,
  • protection.
  •state (noun)
  • protection.
  •top (noun)
  • covering.

• v.

  •defend (verb)
  • bar,
  • barricade,
  • reply,
  • safeguard,
  • answer,
  • retort,
  • buffer,
  • screen,
  • counterattack,
  • counter,
  • fend,
  • sustain,
  • respond,
  • rebut,
  • uphold,
  • resist,
  • ward,
  • cover,
  • protect,
  • save,
  • return,
  • argue,
  • defend,
  • police,
  • support,
  • secure,
  • avert,
  • shield,
  • backfire,
  • oppose,
  • guard.
  •protect (verb)
  • conserve,
  • maintain,
  • preserve.
  •provide safety, cover (verb)
  • defend,
  • chamber,
  • cover up,
  • lodge,
  • take care of,
  • protect,
  • enclose,
  • safeguard,
  • secure,
  • conceal,
  • ward,
  • surround,
  • watch over.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • den,
  • awning,
  • harborage,
  • cabin,
  • lodging,
  • orphanage,
  • sandbag,
  • fortify,
  • roof,
  • safety,
  • extricate,
  • mollycoddle,
  • hospice,
  • wigwam.
  •
  • concealment,
  • island,
  • sheathe,
  • hermitage,
  • retreat,
  • insulate,
  • hospital,
  • champion.
  •
  • accommodate,
  • escort,
  • relief.
  •
  • cocoon,
  • cushion,
  • look after.
  •
  • home,
  • guarantee.
  •
  • mind,
  • proof,
  • spare.
  •arbor
  • bower.
  •bin
  • bunker.
  •conceal
  • lie low,
  • lay low,
  • hole up,
  • cover up.
  •cover
  • watch over,
  • fend.
  •defend
  • look after,
  • fight for,
  • fortify,
  • keep safe.
  •habitation
  • housing.
  •protect
  • defend.
  •protection
  • lee.
  •quarter
  • quarter,
  • domiciliate.
  •shack
  • hut.
  •shade
  • shaded.
  •stash
  • stash.
  •woods
  • forest.
  •Other relevant words:
  • champion,
  • ghost,
  • ensure,
  • billet,
  • post,
  • gatehouse,
  • tax shelter,
  • tower,
  • litter,
  • keep,
  • plead,
  • nurse,
  • Dasher,
  • wrap,
  • cote,
  • tent,
  • pen,
  • hospital,
  • dwelling,
  • insurance,
  • vindicate,
  • cloak,
  • disguise,
  • eclipse,
  • berth,
  • quarantine,
  • living quarters,
  • cozy,
  • cover up,
  • preservation,
  • lampshade,
  • sheathe,
  • pall,
  • addition,
  • proof,
  • lodgment,
  • chalet,
  • attack,
  • cabin,
  • take-in,
  • quarters,
  • lock,
  • cosset,
  • cache,
  • sanctum,
  • isolate,
  • defence,
  • drapery,
  • blockhouse,
  • domicile,
  • clear away,
  • lee,
  • register,
  • mask,
  • digs,
  • deflect,
  • aegis,
  • rack,
  • unmanageable,
  • sandbag,
  • arm,
  • straighten up,
  • crib,
  • warehouse,
  • tribute,
  • sequestration,
  • apartment,
  • hood,
  • trade protection,
  • gather together,
  • hospice,
  • panoply,
  • board,
  • gunyah,
  • put away,
  • earth,
  • affectionate,
  • preventive,
  • Humpy,
  • fond,
  • hide,
  • handler,
  • kennel,
  • immunity,
  • island,
  • shaded,
  • lean-to,
  • ark,
  • guise,
  • house,
  • housing,
  • trench,
  • orphanage,
  • cushion,
  • watchful eye,
  • fortify,
  • Quarterage,
  • forest,
  • retreat,
  • roost,
  • hideaway,
  • cocoon,
  • implant,
  • cheer,
  • abode,
  • conservation,
  • segregate,
  • call in,
  • dashboard,
  • cowl,
  • copyright,
  • enclose,
  • pretend,
  • intromit,
  • insure,
  • homely,
  • lie,
  • accommodate,
  • entertainment,
  • auspices,
  • foster,
  • eye,
  • chamber,
  • cloistered,
  • guardhouse,
  • cyclone cellar,
  • ensconce,
  • hole up,
  • value,
  • entertain,
  • patent,
  • keep safe,
  • retirement,
  • nestle,
  • canopy,
  • protective custody,
  • allege,
  • comfy,
  • awning,
  • gather in,
  • bunk,
  • pillbox,
  • bomb shelter,
  • go underground,
  • seclude,
  • warm,
  • fight for,
  • care for,
  • cowling,
  • patronize,
  • secluded,
  • Coverture,
  • shanty,
  • protective covering,
  • bestow,
  • home,
  • tabernacle,
  • domesticate,
  • pledge,
  • mind,
  • mother,
  • seclusion,
  • motherly,
  • detach,
  • cottage,
  • purdah,
  • cool,
  • Houses,
  • dwelling-place,
  • citadel,
  • rooms,
  • stall,
  • indemnity,
  • harborage,
  • accommodations,
  • darken,
  • sequestrate,
  • restrain,
  • underwrite,
  • patronise,
  • wing,
  • Abri,
  • air-raid shelter,
  • paternal,
  • lodge,
  • shroud,
  • poorhouse,
  • diggings,
  • exercise,
  • bless,
  • blind,
  • bombproof,
  • joint,
  • domiciliate,
  • quarter,
  • den,
  • uncontrollable,
  • bed,
  • snug,
  • Infold,
  • safeness,
  • take shelter,
  • lodgings,
  • resort,
  • roll up,
  • dapple,
  • protective,
  • hanging,
  • safety,
  • conceal,
  • shadow,
  • tend,
  • concealment,
  • vestment,
  • retire,
  • go into hiding,
  • covering,
  • shade,
  • bolt-hole,
  • heel,
  • stash,
  • casern,
  • escort,
  • mantle,
  • covert,
  • venetian blind,
  • port,
  • condo,
  • blanket,
  • oasis,
  • hide out,
  • command,
  • Glacis,
  • protective cover,
  • care,
  • storm cave,
  • take care of,
  • tinge,
  • extricate,
  • bunker,
  • entrench,
  • guarantee,
  • station,
  • safety zone,
  • mollycoddle,
  • privacy,
  • Doublewide,
  • hangar,
  • sleeping place,
  • lay low,
  • reserved,
  • lodging,
  • Shader,
  • shed,
  • burrow,
  • safekeeping,
  • larboard,
  • homes,
  • storm cellar,
  • circumscribe,
  • veil,
  • admit,
  • coat,
  • look after,
  • cherish,
  • safe house,
  • flank,
  • bower,
  • wigwam,
  • barracks,
  • caserne,
  • nourish,
  • spare,
  • cloister,
  • protector,
  • relief,
  • surround,
  • make safe,
  • shack,
  • ride shotgun for,
  • coverage,
  • get in,
  • cantonment,
  • fatherly,
  • defensive,
  • chambers,
  • hovel,
  • hostage,
  • parry,
  • co-op,
  • funk hole,
  • structure,
  • umbrella,
  • comfort,
  • keep apart,
  • hut,
  • take cover,
  • accommodation,
  • guardian,
  • Reclusion,
  • hidden,
  • bulwark,
  • separate,
  • curtain,
  • stable,
  • cohousing,
  • ride shotgun,
  • sequester,
  • roof,
  • hunting lodge,
  • comfortable,
  • secrete,
  • cot,
  • parasol,
  • excuse,
  • fence,
  • hidey-hole,
  • room,
  • penthouse,
  • cave,
  • homeplate,
  • nurture,
  • take charge of,
  • ambush,
  • maternal,
  • treasure,
  • residence,
  • hole,
  • lovesome,
  • fastness,
  • watch over,
  • encourage,
  • lie low,
  • habitation,
  • fallout shelter,
  • booth,
  • hutch,
  • turf,
  • drape,
  • pad,
  • blast shelter,
  • roof over head,
  • harbour,
  • insulate,
  • sheltered,
  • intrench,
  • hermitage,
  • safe harbor.

Antonyms for Shelter:

• n.

  • protection, habitat
    light, brightness.
  • Other antonyms:
    cast out, refuse, surrender, expel, reject, give up, expose, betray.

• v.

  • provide safety, cover
    endanger, forget, lay bare, injure, disregard, uncover, let out, let go, harm, reveal, abandon, hurt, lay open, open, turn away, ignore.

Homophones for Shelter:

• saluter, sea slater, sea ladder, slater, slither, sweltry, shoulder, shoe leather, saltire, slather, shielder, salt tree, sledder, scolder, solderer, salutary, Salutatory, sultry, solitaire, soldiery, slithery, slider, solitary, salter, soldier, saltwater, swelter, solder.

Hypernym for Shelter:

• n.

  • artifact
    camp, oasis, cote, tornado cellar, sconce, dugout, bell cote, shanty, sanctuary, haven, field hut, refugee camp, cookhouse, hut, loft, army hut, bell cot, refuge, kennel, pigeon loft, hutch, storm cellar, asylum, birdhouse, mantlet, sentry box, mantelet, shack, roost, lean-to, tent, hovel, collapsible shelter, dog house, fallout shelter, doghouse, cyclone cellar, canopy.
  • state
    indemnity, insurance, radioprotection.

• v.

  • stative
    harbor, stable, put up, harbour, stall, kennel, house, domiciliate.

Hyponym for Shelter:

• n.

  • artifact
    housing, protective cover, structure, living accommodations, protective covering, protection, lodging, construction.
  • state
    security.

• v.

  • possession
    invest, put, commit, place.
  • stative
    provide, supply, furnish, render.