ENCAMPED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

encamped

verb

past tense of encamp

as in tented

to live in a camp or the outdoors the hike will take several days, and we plan to encamp along the trail

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as in housed

to provide with living quarters or shelter as the hurricane raged outside, the stranded tourists were encamped overnight in the high school gym

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The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Check into Trevarefabrikken, a photogenic boutique hotel and cultural hub in a mossy-yellow building that once housed a cod liver oil factory.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026

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George, Louise and her kids camped in Garden of the Gods, at Shawnee National Forest.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
To make this documentary, Fielder, Oppenheim, and their crew camped out with Holmes, her partner Billy Evans, and their two small children, observing their lives up-close—or as up-close as possible.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

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The building’s size has accommodated the installation of large-scale architectural holdings, including a three-story section of the concrete façade of Robin Hood Gardens, an influential brutalist public-housing project in East London.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Adorable guest dogs were also accommodated at breakfast, which further added to the home-away-from-home experience.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

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The shooter then fired a second shot, which hit the left pocket of the man’s shorts and lodged into his cellphone, according to the affidavit.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
One tale from Windy City Ghosts goes that a few nights after the dagger was removed from wherever it was lodged in the basement, an employee, possibly a bouncer, went down the basement.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

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