CAMPS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

camps 1 of 2

noun

plural of camp

as in campgrounds

a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins the war forced people to flee their homes and to live in crowded camps along the border

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as in huts

a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling a hunter's camp deep in the woods

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as in cottages

an often small house for recreational or seasonal use years ago the wealthy industrialists built some rather grand camps along the lake

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camps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of camp

as in houses

to provide with living quarters or shelter some out-of-town delegates to the convention were camped in university dorms

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Recent Examples of camps

Noun

All six matches will be held at Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri, but two national teams will make their base camps in Kansas — Algeria at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, and Argentina at the Sporting KC Training Centre in KCK. —

Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026 Gordon and Goodwin were among the athletes named to a pair of training camps this spring in Chula Vista, California. —

ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026 Webb established hundreds of national competitions and training camps and helped set safety standards in the sport. —

Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026 As a result, immigrant rights groups say, asylum-seekers lived for months in makeshift camps on the Mexico side of the border without reliable food, shelter or safety. —

Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026 Weeks after the list was published, five pro-Palestinian groups launched a campaign to revoke the accreditation of 17 Canadian Jewish sleepaway camps. —

Jesse Brown, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026 Northfield Park District also plans to use the tax revenue to expand its Community Center, adding indoor space for summer camps and youth programming, a new community meeting and flex room and replacing the roofing and aging infrastructure. —

Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026 Yet this was a shared experience, somehow, not two camps pitted against each other. —

George Caulkin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026 Others flagged for removal included exhibits on slavery and civil rights, LGBTQ history, WWII-era internment camps, and Indigenous histories. —

Owen Clarke, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026

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Any time a team puts out a lineup with a non-shooter on the floor, Wembanyama camps in the paint, and the Spurs typically win. —

Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026 Now a grandmother, the 65-year-old often camps with up to four generations of her family, from her husband to her grandchildren. —

Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025

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Noun

California campgrounds are known for their beautiful landscapes, accessible amenities and ability to make any patron into a nature enthusiast.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The district’s campgrounds operate on a cashless system, accepting Visa, Mastercard and Discover for online reservations, the release said.

— Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026