Home › Words › S › sheltermatesheltermatesheltermate means A person with whom one shares a shelter.EtymologyFrom shelter + mate.nounA person with whom one shares a shelter.e.g.“Her sleepless nights there were haunted by the collective grumble of her sheltermates […].” — 2009 January 20, Trymaine Lee, “Taking Responsibility for Herself and Her Son”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bunkermate 75% match — A person with whom one shares a bunker (type of shelter). vs sheltermate →chambermate 68% match — A person with whom one shares a chamber or room. vs sheltermate →apartmentmate 66% match — Someone who shares an apartment. vs sheltermate →bedmate 66% match — A person with whom one shares a bed. vs sheltermate →cavemate 66% match — One who shares the same cave. vs sheltermate →dormmate 66% match — One who shares the same dorm. vs sheltermate →couchmate 64% match — A person with whom one shares a couch. vs sheltermate →cellmate 63% match — A person with whom one shares a prison cell. vs sheltermate →