CAMPED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

camped

verb

past tense of camp

as in housed

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 camped Videos have shown several soldiers shaking hands, sharing drinks and praying with the settlers camped outside the Palestinians’ homes. — Guy Davies, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 In Pereira, families camped in Olaya Herrera park covered their tents with plastic, while flooding was reported at Hospital Universitario San Jorge. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026 Thousands await aid amid devastation Thousands of people on Flores camped outside collapsed homes under tarpaulin tents overnight into Monday, sleeping outside because of the danger of more aftershocks. — Firdia Lisnawati, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Thousands of people on Flores camped outside collapsed homes under tarpaulin tents overnight into Monday, sleeping outside because of the danger of more aftershocks. — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Tens of thousands of kids from across Europe had been camped out for days. — Jeff Rabhan, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026 Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola and his men camped along Tunitas Creek in 1769 during their expedition from Baja California to San Francisco Bay. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 Tourists took charters and camped out to see the territory of Jackie and Shadow. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 In the aftermath of the attack, the settlers camped out on our land and have remained there ever since, preventing us from accessing it. — Kamel Musallet, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for camped

Verb

The Foscarini Signature Suite (which housed the Doge) is approximately 966 square feet and also offers Grand Canal views.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Off-grid residents blur the line between housed and homeless, as county officials juggle lax enforcement, environmental damage, real estate scams and calls to legalize basic services such as addresses and trash pickup.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of housed

Verb

Her school from fourth to seventh grade, Colegio San Agustín Makati, accommodated her tournament schedule.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The United Kingdom and the United States ran deficits that accommodated both Japan’s and Germany’s surpluses.

— MICHAEL PETTIS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of accommodated

Verb

Despite surgery, however, the bullet lodged inside his abdomen was not found, and his condition suddenly deteriorated.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Castro is accused of firing a gun through the front door of a Minneapolis home, striking Sosa-Celis in the leg with a bullet that lodged in a child’s bedroom wall.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of lodged

Verb

The evidence suggests that back then a thicker, ancient atmosphere sheltered flowing streams and sparkling lakes.

— Ashwin R. Vasavada, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
The space station has had a leak on the Russian side for several years, and astronauts recently and briefly sheltered in a Crew Dragon during discussions of a fix.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026