Synonyms of encampments

encampments

noun

plural of encampment

as in campgrounds

a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins

a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of encampments

That was part of his wider goal of sending endless waves of bomb-carrying drones and robots to hit Russian encampments in a bid to sharply reduce Ukraine’s casualties. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

The lawsuit alleges that federal pressure on the university following the encampments led to Thrasher’s suspension, internal disciplinary charges, denial of tenure and upcoming termination. — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

San Franciscans have seen encampments pop up all over the city, but a large, sprawling line of tents were set up overnight on Battery Street. — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 12 July 2026

Its most passionate activists are the young progressives who gave us the campus encampments after October 7. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

The Interior Department began clearing homeless encampments and removing graffiti from federal property. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026

Roden-Reynolds, the epidemiologist Lea Hamner, and Virginia Barbatti, the executive director of a nonprofit called Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard, were hunched over their laptops at locations around the island, scrutinizing a map of enemy encampments. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Antioch, said Torres-Walker, already spends millions on code enforcement contracts to clear encampments around the city. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 29 June 2026

Across La Guaira, the coastal state hardest-hit by the disaster, and in parts of Caracas, thousands of residents are spending nights outdoors in plazas, parks, sports courts and improvised encampments, sleeping on mattresses, blankets and folding chairs. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 June 2026