Synonyms of camp

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noun

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
• canvass
• plantation
• jungle
• canvas
• hutment
• colony
• tentage
• prison camp
• concentration camp
• cantonment
• shantytown
• installation
• laager
• Hooverville
• leaguer
• 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
• hootch
• shed
• hooch
• lodge
• hutment
• bungalow
• hutch
• chalet
• cot
• cabana
• wigwam
• lean-to
• 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masculine
• manly
• virile
• mannish
• manlike

Phrases Containing camp

• camp (out)
• concentration camp