encampment
The word “encampment” has 3 syllables: en-camp-ment
It's pronounced as /ɛnˈkæmp.mənt/
What is synonym and antonym for encampment?
In the thesaurus, “encampment” has 22 synonyms.
Here are synonyms for encampment along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for encampment
- Hooverville
- barracks
- bivouac
- camp
- campground
- campsite
- cantonment
- canvas
- canvass
- colony
- concentration camp
- hutment
- installation
- jungle
- laager
- leaguer
- plantation
- post
- prison camp
- settlement
- shantytown
- tentage
Meanings of encampment
- noun
- A campsite.
- A group of temporary living quarters and/or other temporary structures.
Example Sentences
- The army set up an encampment on the hillside.
- Refugees lived in a temporary encampment near the border.
- Scouts built their encampment near the river for easy access to water.
- Archaeologists discovered an ancient encampment in the desert.
- The festival featured a large encampment of tents for visitors.
On this page you'll find 22 synonyms or another words to encampment, such as: Hooverville, barracks, bivouac, camp, campground, campsite, cantonment.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
camp
- Daliesque
- Hooverville
- accommodate
- affected
- antimacho
- arch
- artificial
- avant-garde
- bach
- barrack
- barracks
- bestow
- billet
- bivouac
- board
- bungalow
- bunk
- cabana
- cabin
- campfire
- campground
- camping ground
- campsite
- campy
- cantonment
- canvas
- canvass
- caravansary
- chalet
- chamber
- colony
- concentration camp
- cot
- cottage
- dacha
- dandyish
- domicile
- dudish
- effeminate
- effete
- encamp
- encampment
- ensconce
- epicene
- far-out
- feminine
- foppish
- girlie
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- harbor
- hogan
- home
- hooch
- hootch
- house
- hovel
- hut
- hutch
- hutment
- in
- installation
- jungle
- laager
- leaguer
- lean-to
- lodge
- log cabin
- mannered
- mod
- old-maidish
- ostentatious
- overnice
- plantation
- pop
- post
- posturing
- prison camp
- prissy
- put up
- quarter
- roof
- room
- roost
- sappy
- secure
- settlement
- shack
- shanty
- shantytown
- shed
- shelter
- sissified
- sissy
- spinsterish
- stable
- summer home
- summerhouse
- take in
- tent
- tent city
- tentage
- tepee
- tilt
- unmanly
- wickiup
- wigwam
- wild
- womanish
- womanlike
- womanly
campfire
- arson
- backfire
- bivouac
- blaze
- bonfire
- brush fire
- campground
- camping ground
- caravansary
- chalet
- charring
- coals
- combustion
- conflagration
- cottage
- devouring
- element
- embers
- encampment
- flame and smoke
- flames
- flare
- flare-up
- forest fire
- glow
- hearth
- heat
- holocaust
- hot spot
- hut
- incandescence
- inferno
- lean-to
- lodge
- log cabin
- luminosity
- oxidation
- phlogiston
- pyre
- rapid oxidation
- scintillation
- scorching
- sea of flames
- searing
- shack
- shanty
- shed
- sparks
- summer home
- tent
- tent city
- tepee
- tilt
- tinder
- up in smoke
- warmth
- wigwam
- wildfire
campground
- Hooverville
- barracks
- bivouac
- camp
- campfire
- camping ground
- campsite
- cantonment
- canvas
- canvass
- caravansary
- chalet
- colony
- concentration camp
- cottage
- encampment
- hut
- hutment
- installation
- jungle
- laager
- leaguer
- lean-to
- lodge
- log cabin
- plantation
- post
- prison camp
- rest area
- settlement
- shack
- shanty
- shantytown
- shed
- site
- summer home
- tent
- tent city
- tentage
- tepee
- tilt
- wigwam
garrison
- airbase
- assail
- assault
- attack
- barracks
- base
- bastion
- battle
- battlefront
- beachhead
- beleaguer
- beset
- besiege
- blockade
- blockhouse
- bridgehead
- bunker
- camp
- cantonment
- center
- charge
- citadel
- combat
- command post
- conquer
- crush
- despoil
- dominate
- dugout
- emplacement
- encampment
- encroach
- fastness
- field
- fight
- foothold
- footing
- fort
- fortification
- fortress
- front
- garrison house
- harass
- headquarters
- hold
- infringe
- installation
- invade
- invest
- laager
- leaguer
- loot
- maraud
- occupy
- outpost
- overcome
- overpower
- overrun
- overwhelm
- pillage
- plunder
- post
- raid
- ransack
- ravage
- redoubt
- rush
- sack
- staging area
- staging ground
- station
- storm
- strike
- strip
- stronghold
- subdue
- subject
- subjugate
- toehold
- trespass
- vanquish
campsite
- Hooverville
- barracks
- bivouac
- camp
- campground
- cantonment
- canvas
- canvass
- colony
- concentration camp
- encampment
- hutment
- installation
- jungle
- laager
- leaguer
- plantation
- post
- prison camp
- rest area
- settlement
- shantytown
- site
- tentage
- trailer camp
- trailer court