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

But Flanagan’s Carrie is also extremely sheltered and unprepared for the harsh realities of high school in the 21st century, in addition to grieving for her father. — ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 The expansive flybridge is the signature feature of the new model, functioning as a fully fledged living space with two helm stations, a sheltered bar, and a spacious lounge. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026 That raises the possibility of patchy frost, particularly in sheltered valleys and locations where winds relax overnight. — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took to the social platform X on Sunday to urge people in Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit and Michoacan to stay sheltered until the government issues a notification that the danger has passed. — Fernando Llano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 While honeybees pass the winter in sheltered hives, the vast majority of North America’s native pollinators do not. — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 Those who want could turn the pickup bed area into a sleeping space or leave it open as a sheltered space with full standing height. — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026 From gathering nuts and seeds to building sheltered nests, squirrels ramp up their activity in the fall—and your garden can quickly become an appealing source of food and shelter. — The Spruce, 4 Oct. 2026 This rugged island has cliff paths leading to the old pilot lookout, and sheltered coves. — Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026

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Plage des Dames is a particularly beautiful beach, its historic white wooden beach huts sheltered by oaks. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026 Many migrants who remained in Ceuta have sheltered in Muslim neighborhoods, sleeping on streets, in doorways and in makeshift tent camps and centers run by NGOs and locals. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Thousands sheltered on Monday in evacuation centres in the Thai capital, parts of it still flooded after havoc brought by intense weekend rain, while swelling reservoirs in an eastern province triggered orders for more to leave their homes. — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026 The new 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods will hammer many small- and medium-sized businesses, including family firms, that up to this point have been largely sheltered from the trade war. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026 That, even if someone else read the words, perhaps some part of it could be withheld, could be sheltered. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 Rounding out their trio is Hazel (Kennedi Reece), a sweet, naive young woman, completely sheltered by her conservative upbringing but determined to follow her Michelle Obama dreams. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 Hamas leaders were being sheltered in Qatar—but only at the insistence of Israel and the United States. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 On campus, many people remain doubtful that Northwestern’s athletics and academic missions are aligned, especially as football becomes more and more of a business sheltered by a university. — Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026

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Adjective

Hampton Island, Georgia Affleck’s Georgia estate is hardly a standard holiday house and more like a secluded coastal compound.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
There are two secluded Mallorcan calas that guests can access, with one just steps from my own door and therefore ideal for a morning dip in the still-pleasant October waters.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of secluded

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The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Check into Trevarefabrikken, a photogenic boutique hotel and cultural hub in a mossy-yellow building that once housed a cod liver oil factory.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of housed

Adjective

Quantum particles carrying information that could determine their behavior is termed hidden variables, since this information might not be accessible for scientists to observe it.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Corti Brother’s is no hidden gem–it’s frequently written up in national food and travel pubs as one of the state’s best grocery stores.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of hidden

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The building’s size has accommodated the installation of large-scale architectural holdings, including a three-story section of the concrete façade of Robin Hood Gardens, an influential brutalist public-housing project in East London.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Adorable guest dogs were also accommodated at breakfast, which further added to the home-away-from-home experience.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

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Alongside Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, Netflix has lodged an appeal with France’s highest administrative court, the Conseil d’État, challenging new sub-quotas for investment in documentaries and animation.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
The protests being lodged against that decision provide some comfort, and Louise would have been grateful for them.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

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