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camp
Synonyms and Antonyms of camp
1 a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins <the war forced people to flee their homes and to live in crowded camps along the border> Synonyms bivouac, campground, campsite, encampment, hutment Related Words canvas (also canvass), tentage; colony, plantation, settlement; Hooverville, jungle, shantytown; concentration camp, prison camp; barracks, cantonment, installation, laager [South African], leaguer, post
2 a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling <a hunter's camp deep in the woods> Synonyms cabin, shack, hooch (or hootch) [slang], hovel, hut, hutch, hutment, shantyRelated Words lean-to, shed; cot, cottage, lodge; cabana; bungalow, chalet; hogan, wickiup, wigwam; tent
3 an often small house for recreational or seasonal use <years ago the wealthy industrialists built some rather grand camps along the lake> Synonyms bach [New Zealand], cabin, cottage, chalet, lodgeRelated Words dacha, summerhouse; bungalow, cot; hut, shack, shanty
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to provide with living quarters or shelter <some out-of-town delegates to the convention were camped in university dorms> Synonyms accommodate, bestow, billet, bivouac, board, bunk, house, chamber, domicile, encamp, harbor, lodge, put up, quarter, roof, room, shelter, take inRelated Words ensconce, home, roost, secure, shed, stable, tent; barrack; bed (down)Near Antonyms eject, evict
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