ENCAMPS Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

encamps

verb

present tense third-person singular of encamp

as in camps (out)

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 houses

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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Grafton Correctional Institution houses just over 2,000 inmates for minimum and medium security levels and has been in operation since 1988, according to the facility.

— Jon Haworth, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
The New School, which houses New York’s Parsons School of Design, laid off some ninety employees in June in response to a $50 million annual deficit.

— News Desk, Artforum, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of houses

Verb

This is an area of the home that easily accommodates both daily living and entertaining.

— James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
Read on for expert tips to turn your den into a stylish space that accommodates everything from cozy evenings in to Mahjong night with friends.

— Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of accommodates

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Concertgoers are surely used to the fan archetype who camps outside the venue for hours to secure a spot along the barricade, but the lines outside Nationals Park on Wednesday didn’t hold the promise of a better view.

— Kendall Staton, Washington Post, 25 July 2026
That sounds like a figure of speech because nobody camps out overnight for tickets anymore.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of camps

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Made up of vast mangrove forests, brackish marshlands, and tons of tiny islands, the refuge shelters a wide variety of animals, including American alligators and crocodiles, Florida panthers, manatees, river otters, bottle-nosed dolphins, and more than 200 species of migratory birds.

— Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
The film centers on Cheng Jun, a Chinese international student working the night shift at a 24-hour convenience store who forms an unlikely bond with a homeless elderly woman who shelters there each night.

— Jenny S. Li, Variety, 15 June 2026

Definition of shelters

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Davis rooms with his childhood friends Kel (Nicholas Duvernay), who quits medical school in the premiere to pursue his dream of acting, and Josh (Jack Martin), a journalist whose idealism and sense of ethics do not extend to using his media CEO dad to land a gig as a PA on a news show.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 2 June 2026
The side rooms off the main gallery contain playful areas that everyone from kids to grown adults will enjoy.

— Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of rooms

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