Synonyms of camps

camps 1 of 2

noun

plural of camp

1

as in campgrounds

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

• campgrounds
• campsites
• encampments
• barracks
• bivouacs
• settlements
• hutments
• plantations
• canvasses
• canvases
• jungles
• colonies
• shantytowns
• cantonments
• concentration camps
• prison camps
• installations
• Hoovervilles
• tentages
• leaguers
• posts
• laagers

2

as in huts

a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling

a hunter's camp deep in the woods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huts
• cabins
• shacks
• tents
• cottages
• hovels
• shanties
• hootches
• hooches
• hutments
• sheds
• hutches
• lodges
• bungalows
• cots
• chalets
• lean-tos
• cabanas
• wigwams
• hogans
• wickiups

3

as in cottages

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

• cottages
• cabins
• chalets
• lodges
• huts
• bungalows
• baches
• shacks
• cots
• shanties
• dachas
• summerhouses

camps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of camp

as in houses

to provide with living quarters or shelter

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• houses
• shelters
• lodges
• rooms
• accommodates
• quarters
• boards
• chambers
• roofs
• bunks
• homes
• harbors
• bivouacs
• domiciles
• billets
• encamps
• takes in
• stables
• tents
• barracks
• bestows
• sheds
• beds (down)
• puts up
• roosts
• secures
• ensconces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ejects
• evicts