English adjective: camp | |||
1. | camp providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities | ||
Samples | They played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect. Campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's. | ||
Synonyms | campy | ||
Similar | tasteless | ||
Antonyms | tasteful | ||
English noun: camp | |||
1. | camp (artifact) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | ||
Samples | Wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling. | ||
Synonyms | bivouac, cantonment, encampment | ||
Broader (hypernym) | military quarters | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | boot camp, hutment, laager, lager | ||
Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
2. | camp (group) a group of people living together in a camp | ||
Samples | The whole camp laughed at his mistake. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | assemblage, gathering | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | hobo camp, jungle | ||
3. | camp (artifact) temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers | ||
Samples | Level ground is best for parking and camp areas. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | housing, living accommodations, lodging | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | tennis camp, trailer camp, trailer park | ||
4. | camp (group) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | ||
Synonyms | clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack | ||
Broader (hypernym) | band, circle, lot, set | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Bloomsbury Group, bohemia, brain trust, cabal, camarilla, faction, faction, galere, hard core, junta, junto, kitchen cabinet, loop, maffia, mafia, military junta, rogue's gallery, sect | ||
5. | camp (artifact) a penal institution (often for forced labor) | ||
Samples | China has many camps for political prisoners. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | penal facility, penal institution | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | concentration camp, internment camp, labor camp, labour camp, POW camp, prison camp, prison camp, prison farm, prisoner of war camp, stockade, work camp | ||
6. | camp (cognition) something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality | ||
Samples | The living room was pure camp. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | staleness, triteness | ||
7. | camp (artifact) shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs | ||
Synonyms | refugee camp | ||
Broader (hypernym) | shelter | ||
8. | camp (artifact) a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months | ||
Samples | City kids get to see the country at a summer camp. | ||
Synonyms | summer camp | ||
Broader (hypernym) | land site, site | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | day camp | ||
English verb: camp | |||
1. | camp (stative) live in or as if in a tent | ||
Samples | Can we go camping again this summer?. The circus tented near the town. The houseguests had to camp in the living room. | ||
Synonyms | bivouac, camp out, encamp, tent | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dwell, inhabit, live, populate | ||
2. | camp (contact) establish or set up a camp | ||
Synonyms | camp down | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pitch, set up | ||
3. | camp (change) give an artificially banal or sexual quality to | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||