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 shop opened earlier this summer and is located at 1108 E 30th St F, housed in the Wonder Shops and Flats building alongside other establishments like The Combine and AiZen Root Remedy.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Plans have yet to be finalized for the largest of the buildings, which formerly housed the plant’s gigantic boilers, but options include classrooms, an indoor play space or an oceanographic institute, according to the project’s designers.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of housed

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News of Pradhan's resignation sparked celebrations among the thousands of protesters who have camped at New Delhi's protest site for more than a month.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026
News of Pradhan’s resignation sparked celebrations among the thousands of protesters who have camped at New Delhi’s protest site for more than a month.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of camped

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Up to 16 satellites … Before the award, a feasibility study was conducted to confirm that CubeSats could be safely accommodated as secondary payloads aboard an Ariane 6 flight.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
In a single event, the ridge accommodated nearly 40 years’ worth of plate motion.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

Definition of accommodated

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The man with almost no injury was writhing in agony, while the man with a four-inch nail lodged near his brain kept working for six days, not even realizing the nail was there.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Aerial footage of the crash showed the front part of the truck lodged into the side of the building.

— Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Definition of lodged

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More than 56,000 people sheltered in Kyiv’s subway stations overnight, according to the Facebook post from the capital’s metro.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Russian strikes damaged residential buildings, vehicles, storage facilities, a market and a garage complex in the capital, where air raid warnings lasted more than five hours and thousands of residents sheltered in subway stations.

— Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

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