Camp

Quick meaning: Camp is a noun meaning An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.

Meaning

An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.

More Meanings

1. An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
2. A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
3. A place of politically motivated confinement in outdoorsy conditions, usually also leading to slave labor and death.
4. A single hut or shelter.
5. The company or body of persons encamped.
6. A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
7. (obsolete) An army.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: encampment

Near-synonyms: campsite, campground, encampment

He used to go to summer camp every alternate year.

Signs of enemy recon were found near their camp last week.

Word Forms

• camps
• camping
• camped
• camper
• campest

Synonyms for camp

Depending on context, synonyms include campy, campish, campsite, campground, encampment, gulag.

Antonyms for camp

Common opposites include uncamp.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include encamp, encampment, bivouac, pack, cantonment, coterie.

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