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camp

noun

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 of camp

bivouac, campground, campsite, encampment, hutment
Words Related to camp

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 hunterʼs camp deep in the woods
Synonyms of camp

cabin, hooch (or hootch) [slang], hovel, hut, hutch, hutment, shack, shanty
Words Related to camp

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 of camp

bach [New Zealand], cabin, chalet, cottage, lodge
Words Related to camp

dacha, summerhouse

bungalow, cot

hut, shack, shanty

camp

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of camp

to provide with living quarters or shelter

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

accommodate, bestow, billet, bivouac, board, bunk, chamber, domicile, encamp, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter, roof, room, shelter, take in
Words Related to camp

ensconce, home, roost, secure, shed, stable, tent

barrack

bed (down)
Near Antonyms of camp

eject, evict

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