BIVOUACS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of bivouac

as in campgrounds

a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins soldiers setting up a bivouac by the stream

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bivouacs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bivouac

as in tents

to live in a camp or the outdoors the army bivouacked for the night by the lake

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as in houses

to provide with living quarters or shelter survivors of the tornado were bivouacked in the church basement

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Recent Examples of bivouacs

Noun

Like modern-day companies that merge and re-emerge or fold, some of these schools went under quickly, or moved their bivouacs, or combined forces. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026 As fuel prices continue to climb toward record territory, Costco parking lots are looking more like Mad Max bivouacs than suburban warehouses. — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026 The main reason for this simplicity is that bivouacs are built on location. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Wildlife managers in New Mexico and Utah report record numbers of hungry bears have lost their natural hesitancy to raid homes, cars and campgrounds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Kauai County announced plans to close all parks and campgrounds and establish five refuge areas Sunday in anticipation of Hurricane Lowell’s impacts.

— Tyler Ory, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of campgrounds

Verb

The arrest also comes just after the restaurant announced its intent to restart business inside the building that houses Maggie’s Pub in Whittier.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The building that houses the Brigham and Women’s Hospital emergency department opened in 2022.

— Brittany Trang, STAT, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of houses

Noun

About 80 people were evacuated from campsites around the historic Phantom Ranch area of the park.

— Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
State park modern and semi-modern campsites vary, and rates rose between $4 to $10, depending on the location and amenities, the DNR's website noted.

— Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of campsites

Verb

Concertgoers are surely used to the fan archetype who camps outside the venue for hours to secure a spot along the barricade, but the lines outside Nationals Park on Wednesday didn’t hold the promise of a better view.

— Kendall Staton, Washington Post, 25 July 2026
That sounds like a figure of speech because nobody camps out overnight for tickets anymore.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of camps

Noun

Homeless encampments across Pittsburgh remain well below the record levels seen in 2024, but recent county data shows an increase in outdoor homelessness this summer after nearly two years of lower counts.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Most of them have returned to Morocco, but many remain in the enclave, with some living in tent encampments on the beach.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of encampments

Verb

Made up of vast mangrove forests, brackish marshlands, and tons of tiny islands, the refuge shelters a wide variety of animals, including American alligators and crocodiles, Florida panthers, manatees, river otters, bottle-nosed dolphins, and more than 200 species of migratory birds.

— Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
The film centers on Cheng Jun, a Chinese international student working the night shift at a 24-hour convenience store who forms an unlikely bond with a homeless elderly woman who shelters there each night.

— Jenny S. Li, Variety, 15 June 2026

Definition of shelters

Verb

Davis rooms with his childhood friends Kel (Nicholas Duvernay), who quits medical school in the premiere to pursue his dream of acting, and Josh (Jack Martin), a journalist whose idealism and sense of ethics do not extend to using his media CEO dad to land a gig as a PA on a news show.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 2 June 2026
The side rooms off the main gallery contain playful areas that everyone from kids to grown adults will enjoy.

— Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026

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