Shelter

/ˈʃɛltɚ/

Synonyms for "shelter" (225 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (45)

abri accommodate accommodation accommodations admitair-raid shelterarm armor asylum bed berth billet blanket blessbomb shelterbombproof bulwark bunk bunker cave

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chamber champion cherish cloak coatcompass aboutconcealment copyright

Verb(3 words)

accommodate accommodated accommodates

Noun(14 words)

accommodating amparo ark arks billeting bivouacs blockhouses bunkers burrow canopies canopy canopying carport carports

Strong matches (68)

cover coverage covering covert coverture cowl cowling curtain cushioncyclone cellardefend defense den diggings digs domicile domiciliate drape drapery dugout

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dwelling earth ensure eyefallout shelterfence fend foster foxholefunk holeguarantee guard guise habitation hanging harbor harborage haven hermitage hide hideaway hideouthole uphome hood

Noun(19 words)

cover coverts den flophouse foxholes garage garages harbor harboring harbors harbour harbourage haven havens hidehiding placehogan hole homes

Verb(4 words)

cradled garaged harbored homed

Related words (112)

Noun(35 words)

horse stablehost associated microbial networkhostel houses hovels hunker hunkering hut lodges loges nest protect protection quonset refuge refugesromanian acoperiroosts sanctuaryseek refuge

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shacks shade shieldstable the maretabernaclestake covertake refugetax sheltertent tents tepee umbrellas wickiup wigwam wigwams

Verb(10 words)

hosteled housed hunkered insulates lodged roofed roomed sanctuarize subumber wintered

house housing insulate insure keepkeep from harmlay lowleelie lowliving quarterslodge lodging lodgings lodgmentmake safemantle mask mother nestle pall

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patent police port preservation preserve protect protectionprotective custodyput upquarter quarters refuge register retirement retreatride shotgun forroof room rooms roost safeguard safekeeping safetysafety zonesanctuary save screen secure security shade shadow shed shield shroudsleeping placestablestorm cavestorm cellartower trench umbrella underwrite veil vestment warehousewatchful eye

Adjective(1 words)

public institution board

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

36 entries

commitconservation measureconstruction decrease diminution environment furnish habitat housing investliving accommodationslodgingmanaged habitatmicrohabitat move offer

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More specific

15 entries

bird nestbirdhousebrush pileburrowduck downfreeze hide huddleleaf littermammal burrownestnest boxrock crevicerock overhangseedling shelter

Collocations

8 entries

leaf litter shelternest boxprovide shelterseek sheltershelter from predatorsshelter from weathershelter siteshelter young

Inflections

3 entries

sheltered sheltering shelters

Derivations

2 entries

sheltered sheltering

Translations

185 translations across 75 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

strehë noun (a refuge or other protection)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

σκέπη noun (a refuge or other protection)

Arabic

2 entries

مَخْلَص noun (a refuge or other protection)
مَلَاذ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Armenian

2 entries

ապաստան noun (a refuge or other protection)
ապաստարան noun (institution)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

daldalanacaq noun (a refuge or other protection)
pənah noun (a refuge or other protection)
sığıncaq noun (a refuge or other protection)

Basque

1 entries

aterpe noun (a refuge or other protection)

Belarusian

4 entries

прыста́нак noun (a refuge or other protection)
прыста́нішча noun (a refuge or other protection)
прыту́лак noun (a refuge or other protection)
укры́цце noun (a refuge or other protection)

Bengali

2 entries

আশ্রয় noun (a refuge or other protection)
পানা noun (a refuge or other protection)

Bulgarian

2 entries

прию́т noun (institution)
убе́жище noun (a refuge or other protection)

Burmese

1 entries

အရိပ်အာဝါသ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Catalan

2 entries

aixopluc noun (a refuge or other protection)
recer noun (a refuge or other protection)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

住處 /住处 noun (a refuge or other protection)
庇護 /庇护 noun (a refuge or other protection)
掩蔽 noun (a refuge or other protection)
棲身之地 /栖身之地 noun (a refuge or other protection)

Czech

1 entries

útočiště noun (a refuge or other protection)

Danish

1 entries

ly noun (a refuge or other protection)

Dutch

4 entries

hokje noun (a refuge or other protection)
onderdak noun (a refuge or other protection)
opvang noun (institution)
schuilplaats noun (a refuge or other protection)

Egyptian

2 entries

k-A-p:V19 noun (a refuge or other protection)
n-i-A-i-S36 noun (a refuge or other protection)

Esperanto

1 entries

ŝirmo noun (a refuge or other protection)

Estonian

2 entries

peavari noun (a refuge or other protection)
peavari noun (institution)

Finnish

4 entries

suoja noun (a refuge or other protection)
suojapaikka noun (a refuge or other protection)
turvapaikka noun (a refuge or other protection)
yömaja noun (institution)

French

3 entries

abri noun (a refuge or other protection)
refuge noun (a refuge or other protection)
refuge noun (institution)

Georgian

3 entries

თავშესაფარი noun (a refuge or other protection)
ნავსაყუდელი noun (a refuge or other protection)
სავანე noun (a refuge or other protection)

German

4 entries

Obdach noun (a refuge or other protection)
Schutzraum noun (a refuge or other protection)
Zuflucht noun (a refuge or other protection)
Zufluchtsort noun (a refuge or other protection)

Greek

3 entries

άσυλο noun (institution)
καταφύγιο noun (a refuge or other protection)
στέγη noun (institution)

Hebrew

2 entries

מִקְלָט noun (a refuge or other protection)
מַחֲסֶה noun (a refuge or other protection)

Hindi

4 entries

पनाह noun (a refuge or other protection)
पनाहगाह noun (a refuge or other protection)
शरण noun (a refuge or other protection)
शरणालय noun (a refuge or other protection)

Hungarian

4 entries

búvóhely noun (a refuge or other protection)
fedett váró/megálló noun (a refuge or other protection)
hajléktalanszálló noun (institution)
menedék noun (a refuge or other protection)

Icelandic

2 entries

athvarf noun (a refuge or other protection)
skjól noun (a refuge or other protection)

Indonesian

3 entries

penampungan noun (a refuge or other protection)
penaungan noun (a refuge or other protection)
tempat perlindungan noun (a refuge or other protection)

Ingrian

1 entries

varjo noun (a refuge or other protection)

Irish

3 entries

dídean noun (institution)
foscadh noun (a refuge or other protection)
fothain noun (a refuge or other protection)

Italian

2 entries

rifugio noun (a refuge or other protection)
riparo noun (a refuge or other protection)

Japanese

1 entries

避難所 noun (a refuge or other protection)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

gazadju noun (a refuge or other protection)

Kazakh

2 entries

баспана noun (a refuge or other protection)
пана noun (a refuge or other protection)

Khmer

1 entries

ជំរក noun (a refuge or other protection)

Korean

1 entries

피난처 noun (a refuge or other protection)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

башкалка noun (a refuge or other protection)

Ladin

1 entries

sosta noun (a refuge or other protection)

Lao

4 entries

ທັບ noun (a refuge or other protection)
ນິດໃສ noun (a refuge or other protection)
ສາທະນະ noun (a refuge or other protection)
ສ້ອງ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Latin

3 entries

suffugium noun (a refuge or other protection)
tegmen noun (a refuge or other protection)
tūtum noun (a refuge or other protection)

Latvian

4 entries

pajumte noun (a refuge or other protection)
pajumte noun (institution)
patversme noun (a refuge or other protection)
patversme noun (institution)

Lithuanian

2 entries

pastogė noun (a refuge or other protection)
pastogė noun (institution)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Ënnerdaach noun (a refuge or other protection)

Macedonian

2 entries

засолниште noun (a refuge or other protection)
прифатилиште noun (institution)

Malay

1 entries

tempat perlindungan noun (a refuge or other protection)

Malayalam

3 entries

അഭയമന്ദിരം noun (institution)
അഭയസ്ഥാനം noun (a refuge or other protection)
ഷെൽറ്റർ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Māori

4 entries

māhauhau noun (a refuge or other protection)
pātūtū noun (a refuge or other protection)
tāwharau noun (a refuge or other protection)
tūrutu noun (a refuge or other protection)

Nepali

2 entries

आवास noun (a refuge or other protection)
शरण noun (a refuge or other protection)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

ly noun (a refuge or other protection)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

щоуждекръмьница noun (a refuge or other protection)

Old Czech

1 entries

brh noun (a refuge or other protection)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

التجا noun (a refuge or other protection)

Persian

3 entries

مَخْلَص noun (a refuge or other protection)
پَناه noun (a refuge or other protection)
پَناهْگاه noun (a refuge or other protection)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Schulinj noun (a refuge or other protection)

Polish

3 entries

przytułek noun (a refuge or other protection)
schronienie noun (a refuge or other protection)
schronisko noun (a refuge or other protection)

Portuguese

4 entries

abrigo noun (a refuge or other protection)
abrigo noun (institution)
amparo noun (a refuge or other protection)
asilo noun (a refuge or other protection)

Romanian

1 entries

adăpost noun (a refuge or other protection)

Russian

4 entries

ночле́жка noun (institution)
прибе́жище noun (a refuge or other protection)
приста́нище noun (a refuge or other protection)
прию́т noun (a refuge or other protection)

Sanskrit

1 entries

शरण noun (a refuge or other protection)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

dìon noun (a refuge or other protection)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ùtočīšte noun (a refuge or other protection)
у̀точӣште noun (a refuge or other protection)

Slovak

1 entries

útočisko noun (a refuge or other protection)

Slovene

1 entries

zaklonišče noun (a refuge or other protection)

Spanish

4 entries

abrigadero noun (a refuge or other protection)
abrigaño noun (a refuge or other protection)
abrigo noun (a refuge or other protection)
amparo noun (a refuge or other protection)

Swedish

1 entries

skydd noun (a refuge or other protection)

Tajik

3 entries

гурезгоҳ noun (a refuge or other protection)
панох noun (a refuge or other protection)
паноҳгоҳ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Thai

4 entries

ที่พักอาศัย noun (a refuge or other protection)
ที่หลบภัย noun (a refuge or other protection)
ร่มไม้ชายคา noun (a refuge or other protection)
อาวรณ์ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Turkish

2 entries

barınak noun (a refuge or other protection)
sığınak noun (a refuge or other protection)

Ukrainian

2 entries

приту́лок noun (a refuge or other protection)
укриття́ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Urdu

3 entries

شَرَن noun (a refuge or other protection)
پَناہ noun (a refuge or other protection)
پَناہ گاہ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Uyghur

2 entries

پاناھ noun (a refuge or other protection)
پاناھگاھ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Uzbek

3 entries

boshpana noun (a refuge or other protection)
panoh noun (a refuge or other protection)
panohgoh noun (a refuge or other protection)

Vietnamese

3 entries

chỗ che noun (a refuge or other protection)
chỗ núp noun (a refuge or other protection)
chỗ ẩn noun (a refuge or other protection)

Welsh

2 entries

cysgod noun (a refuge or other protection)
lloches noun (a refuge or other protection)

Zazaki

2 entries

komek noun (a refuge or other protection)
serte (diq) noun (a refuge or other protection)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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When you take shelter, make sure you go under a big tree.

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The homeless sought shelter from a shower.

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The homeless sought shelter from the chilly shower.

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I took shelter under my friend's umbrella.

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