encampments
Pitched tent communities
Encampments are places where groups of people have set up temporary shelter, typically tents or improvised structures.
The word carries a military flavor from its original use for army camps, but now commonly describes homeless camps in urban areas or protest sites where demonstrators have established a presence.
Police cleared the encampments from the park.
The refugee encampments stretched for miles along the border.
An encampment suggests something more established than simply camping—there's an implication of duration and collective purpose.
Soldiers' residential building
- bivouacTemporary military encampment
- garrisonStationed military force
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- tentsPortable fabric shelters
fortification · outpost · quarters · cantonment · deployment · soldiers · mess hall · perimeter
Shifted from proper location
- asylumShelter from persecution
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- tentsPortable fabric shelters
- aid workersPeople providing humanitarian assistance
UNHCR · migration · shelter · rations · crisis · border · registration · families
Portable fabric shelters
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- trailPath through wilderness
- sleeping bagsInsulated outdoor bedding pouches
hikers · backpackers · pitching · clearing · firewood · shelter · hammocks · provisions
Fill or dwell in
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- activistsPeople working for causes
- shantytownPoor area of crude shelters
solidarity · eviction · tents · banners · police · vigil · resistance · blockade
Resolved dispute or colony
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- nomadsUnsettled, roving people
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- wagonsPulled four-wheeled vehicles
indigenous · tribal · frontier · temporary · migration · hunters · gatherers · seasonal
Lacking stable housing
- tent cityInformal settlement of temporary shelters
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
- sheltersPlaces offering protection
- outreachProactive community assistance
services · eviction · belongings · urban · sleeping rough · social workers · sweeps · community
barracks
Soldiers' residential building
- bivouacTemporary military encampment
- garrisonStationed military force
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
tents · fortification · outpost · quarters · cantonment · deployment · soldiers · mess hall · perimeter · sentries
displaced
Shifted from proper location
- asylumShelter from persecution
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- tentsPortable fabric shelters
aid workers · UNHCR · migration · shelter · rations · crisis · border · registration · families · temporary
tents
Portable fabric shelters
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- trailPath through wilderness
sleeping bags · hikers · backpackers · pitching · clearing · firewood · shelter · hammocks · provisions · remote
occupy
Fill or dwell in
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- activistsPeople working for causes
shantytown · solidarity · eviction · tents · banners · police · vigil · resistance · blockade · organizers
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
wagons · indigenous · tribal · frontier · temporary · migration · hunters · gatherers · seasonal · yurts
unhoused
Lacking stable housing
- tent cityInformal settlement of temporary shelters
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
- sheltersPlaces offering protection
outreach · services · eviction · belongings · urban · sleeping rough · social workers · sweeps · community · makeshift
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- nomadic lifenomads, yurt, wanderers, tent, Bedouins
- Bedouinsnomads, camels, tents, desert life, tribes
- homelessnesshomeless, homeless shelters, unhoused, homeless veterans, houseless
- military campsbivouac, bivouacs, cantonment, garrison, winter quarters
- Occupy MovementWall Street, ninety-nine percent, human microphone, general assembly, mic check
encampmentscities
Major populated areas
homesteads · villages · houses · residences · homes
encampmentsplanned communities
Prearranged residential neighborhoods
municipal housing · housing developments · subdivisions · gated communities · public housing
encampmentshouses
Buildings for living
apartment buildings · edifices · mansions · estates · high-rises
- military encampmentSoldiers' lodging site