shelterers
Those giving sanctuary
Shelterers are people who provide shelter or refuge to others.
The term appears most often in contexts of protection—those who shelter refugees, hide fugitives, or take in the displaced: The shelterers risked their own safety to hide families during the occupation.
It can also describe those who simply seek shelter themselves.
Those who guard others
- defendersThose who shield others
- guardiansThose who protect others
- caregiversThose who tend others
- rescuersThose who save endangered people
harboring · concealing · hiding · shielding · covering · housing · fostering · taking in
People living somewhere
- tenantsProperty renters
- occupantsThose residing somewhere
- dwellersThose who occupy space
- lodgersPaying household residents
boarders · roomers · housemates · flatmates · homesteaders · settlers · hosts · landlords
People requesting safe haven
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- evacueesPeople removed from danger
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
- safe housesProtected locations for concealment
harboring fugitives · hiding places · emergency housing · disaster relief · humanitarian aid
protectors
Those who guard others
- defendersThose who shield others
- guardiansThose who protect others
- caregiversThose who tend others
rescuers · harboring · concealing · hiding · shielding · covering · housing · fostering · taking in
residents
People living somewhere
lodgers · boarders · roomers · housemates · flatmates · homesteaders · settlers · hosts · landlords · householders
asylum seekers
People requesting safe haven
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- evacueesPeople removed from danger
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
safe houses · harboring fugitives · hiding places · emergency housing · disaster relief · humanitarian aid
- sheltered watersArea guarded from waves
- sheltered housingAssisted accommodation for elderly
- sheltered in placeStayed inside for safety
- sheltered coveProtected coastal indentation
- sheltered workshopSupervised workplace for disabled individuals