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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Solidarity protests were held in several other cities, while supporters sent food and supplies to demonstrators camped in New Delhi and engaged in hunger strikes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
The target is camped out inside a pipeline beneath a farmhouse across the battlefield.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of camped

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Banking, healthcare, insurance, government and other highly regulated sectors in particular have to abide by productivity, security and compliance requirements consumer browsers simply haven’t accommodated.

— Mazy Dar, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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

Definition of accommodated

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As all this plays out, consumer complaints about credit reporting have skyrocketed, with more than 4 million lodged with the CFPB in 2025.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Prosecutors said the bullet Lagrone fired struck Manns in the arm and lodged in his spine.

— Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 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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