All haven synonyms
ha·ven
H h noun haven
- shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- asylum — If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
- sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
- retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- harbor — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- anchorage — An anchorage is a place where a boat can anchor safely.
- sanctum — a sacred or holy place.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- covert — Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden.
- roadstead — road (def 4).
- harborage — shelter for vessels, as that provided by a harbor.
- harbour — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- port — located on the left side of a vessel or aircraft.
- dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
- port of call — a port visited briefly by a ship, usually to take on or discharge passengers and cargo or to undergo repairs.
- refuge — shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
verb haven
- roofed — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- chambered — having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- roofing — the act of covering with a roof.
- shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- shield — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
- take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- cover all bases — take full precautions