Synonyms of camp

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noun

ˈkamp 

1

as in campsite

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 & Similar Words

• campsite
• campground
• encampment
• bivouac
• barracks
• settlement
• plantation
• jungle
• canvas
• hutment
• colony
• tentage
• prison camp
• concentration camp
• cantonment
• shantytown
• installation
• laager
• leaguer
• Hooverville
• post

2

as in hut

a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling

a hunter's camp deep in the woods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hut
• cabin
• shack
• tent
• cottage
• shanty
• hovel
• shed
• hooch
• lodge
• hutment
• bungalow
• hutch
• chalet
• cot
• cabana
• lean-to
• wigwam
• hogan
• wickiup

3

as in cottage

an often small house for recreational or seasonal use

years ago the wealthy industrialists built some rather grand camps along the lake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cottage
• cabin
• lodge
• hut
• chalet
• bungalow
• bach
• shack
• shanty
• cot
• dacha
• summerhouse

camp

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verb

as in to house

to provide with living quarters or shelter

some out-of-town delegates to the convention were camped in university dorms

Synonyms & Similar Words

• house
• lodge
• shelter
• room
• accommodate
• bunk
• roof
• board
• chamber
• quarter
• tent
• home
• bivouac
• encamp
• harbor
• domicile
• billet
• take in
• stable
• bestow
• shed
• secure
• put up
• roost
• barrack
• bed (down)
• ensconce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eject
• evict

camp

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adjective

as in campy

Related Words

• campy
• dudish
• foppish
• dandyish
• sappy
• prissy
• feminine
• girlie
• spinsterish
• antimacho
• old-maidish
• effeminate
• womanly
• overnice
• girlish
• sissy
• unmanly
• womanlike
• epicene
• sissified
• womanish
• effete

Dissimilar Words

• masculine
• manly
• virile
• mannish
• manlike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of camp

Noun

At evacuation camps across Flores, children played under tarpaulin shelters while aid workers and volunteers provided psychosocial support alongside food and medical assistance. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Chiefs camp videos show that Mahomes has progressed since then. — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Verb

One of the key changes was requiring the city to account for the risk of sea-level rise eliminating some of the space in the plan for tent camping, which may require the city to devote more acreage long-term to camping. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Tourists took charters and camped out to see the territory of Jackie and Shadow. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing camp

• camp (out)
• concentration camp