camp

Noun
  1. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers (synset 102948281)
    "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: military quarters - living quarters for personnel on a military post
    subtypes:
    • boot camp - camp for training military recruits
    • hutment - an encampment of huts (chiefly military)
    • laager, lager - a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
    same as: bivouac, cantonment, encampment
  2. A group of people living together in a camp (synset 108495029)
    "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"
    is a type of: assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
    subtypes: hobo camp, jungle - a place where hoboes camp
  3. Temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers (synset 102948616)
    "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
    is a type of: housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed
    subtypes:
  4. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose (synset 108257554)
    is a type of: band, circle, lot, set - an unofficial association of people or groups
    subtypes:
    • bloomsbury group - an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles
    • bohemia - a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
    • brain trust, kitchen cabinet - an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government
    • loop - an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
    • cabal, camarilla, faction, junto - a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
    • junta, military junta - a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
    • maffia, mafia - any tightly knit group of trusted associates
    • faction, sect - a dissenting clique
    • galere, rogue's gallery - a coterie of undesirable people
    • hard core - the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement
    same as: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack
  5. A penal institution (often for forced labor) (synset 102948834)
    "China has many camps for political prisoners"
    is a type of: penal facility, penal institution - an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public
    subtypes:
  6. Something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality (synset 105657805)
    "the living room was pure camp"
    is a type of: staleness, triteness - unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
  7. Shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs (synset 102949268)
    is a type of: shelter - temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
    same as: refugee camp
  8. A site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months (synset 102949049)
    "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp"
    is a type of: land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
    subtypes: day camp - a camp providing care and activities for children during the daytime
    same as: summer camp
Adjective
  1. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities (synset 302403054)
    "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"
    similar to: tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
    same as: campy
Verb
  1. Live in or as if in a tent (synset 202660091)
    "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
    is a type of: dwell, inhabit, live, populate - be an inhabitant of or reside in
    same as: bivouac, camp out, encamp, tent
  2. Establish or set up a camp (synset 201516880)
    is a type of: pitch, set up - erect and fasten
    same as: camp down
  3. Give an artificially banal or sexual quality to (synset 200526885)
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

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