shielded
Guarded from harm
Shielded means protected from harm, exposure, or interference.
A shielded cable has insulation preventing electromagnetic interference.
A shielded witness is protected from public identification.
Parents who shield children from harsh realities keep them shielded: She led a shielded life, unaware of her family's financial struggles.
The word implies deliberate protection rather than accidental isolation.
Heavily defended military structure
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- bastionFortified defensive position
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
rampart · barricade · palisade · parapet · redoubt · battlement · bunker · blockhouse
Wary and restrained
- safeguardedKept from harm
- defendedShielded from harm
- shelteredKept safe from harm
- securedMade fast or obtained
covered · screened · warded · buffered · cushioned · cocooned · harbored · immune
Shielded from heat loss
- coatedHaving a surface layer
- wrappedCovered in material
- encasedCompletely surrounded by covering
- sheathedEnclosed in covering
clad · enveloped · jacketed · lagged · thermal · soundproofed · weatherproofed · heat-resistant
Stable and realistic
- conductiveAllows energy transfer
- attenuationGradual intensity reduction
- anechoicLacking reflected sound
- electrostaticOf stationary electrical charges
Made invisible deliberately
- hiddenKept out of sight
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- cloakedConcealed or covered
masked · shrouded · camouflaged · encrypted · classified · confidential · covert · anonymized
Isolated to stop infection
- sequesteredRemoved from contact
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
- secludedSet apart, private
- segregatedForcibly kept separate
cordoned · partitioned · insular · hermetic · sealed · compartmentalized · separated · detached
fortress
Heavily defended military structure
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- bastionFortified defensive position
bulwark · rampart · barricade · palisade · parapet · redoubt · battlement · bunker · blockhouse · entrenchment
guarded
Wary and restrained
- safeguardedKept from harm
- defendedShielded from harm
- shelteredKept safe from harm
secured · covered · screened · warded · buffered · cushioned · cocooned · harbored · immune · impervious
insulated
Shielded from heat loss
sheathed · clad · enveloped · jacketed · lagged · thermal · soundproofed · weatherproofed · heat-resistant · fire-retardant
grounded
Stable and realistic
- conductiveAllows energy transfer
- attenuationGradual intensity reduction
- anechoicLacking reflected sound
electrostatic · waveguide · coaxial · ferrite
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
cloaked · masked · shrouded · camouflaged · encrypted · classified · confidential · covert · anonymized · redacted
quarantined
Isolated to stop infection
- sequesteredRemoved from contact
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
- secludedSet apart, private
segregated · cordoned · partitioned · insular · hermetic · sealed · compartmentalized · separated · detached · removed
- durabilitytoughness, durable, sturdiness, robustness, sturdy
- protective propertieswaterproof, fireproof, bulletproof, shatterproof, dustproof
- Security Statussafe, secure, secured, unsafe, insecure
- security termsPIN, password, passwords, encryption, encrypted
- protectedprotected, guarded, secured, safe, sheltered
- status effectsdebuffed, poison, hexed, burn, cursed
shieldedunshielded
Lacking protective barrier
unprotected · exposed · undefended · unguarded · defenseless
shieldedvulnerable
Open to attack
endangered · at risk · susceptible · unprotected · defenseless
- heat shieldingProtection from extreme temperatures
- heat shieldBarrier against extreme temperatures
- riot shieldProtective panel for officers
- face shieldTransparent protective facial covering
- human shieldPerson used as protection
- shield wallsLinked defensive combat formation
shield, shields, shielding, unshielded, shielder, shieldlike, shieldless, shielders