Sheltered

Antonyms for sheltered:

exposed, vulnerable.

Synonyms for sheltered:

Sense 1

entertained, safe, leeward.

Sense 2

comfortable.

Sense 3

windy.

cozy

snug.

Other synonyms and related words:

comfortable, quiet, secure, retired, snug, shady, isolated, secluded, safe, covert, cloistered, remote, leeward.

safe (adjective)

secure.

secluded (adjective)

cloistered.

shaded (adjective)

protected, shady, Screened, covered.

shady (adjective)

shady.

sheltered (noun)

protected, secure.

defended (verb)

Answered, buffered, saved, Returned, Averted, protected, supported, Resisted, Argued, counterattacked, Replied, Screened, Responded, Warded, guarded, barricaded, Defended, covered, safeguarded, Retorted, Upheld, countered, secured, backfired, sustained, Policed, opposed, shielded, Rebutted, Fended, barred.

protected (verb)

conserved, preserved, maintained.

shaded (verb)

shady.

Usage examples for sheltered:

• I'm not living in a sheltered house! - "The Salamander", Owen Johnson.
• He must leave all our tents pitched until the afternoon of the next day, in order to let the Tibetans suppose that we were all sheltered under them. - "An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet", A. Henry Savage Landor.
• But the lady in question was a person of determination too, and hearing of the approach of the party, doubtless from one of Cofachiqui's chiefs, she quietly fled to some more sheltered spot, and after six days of wandering in search of her, the party returned to camp in disgust and never again attempted to visit her. - "Ten Girls from History", Kate Dickinson Sweetser.