camp (1)EnglishOxford American Thesauruscamp1 noun 1 an army camp | they went back to the camp and lit a fire: bivouac, encampment, cantonment, barracks, base; campsite, camping ground; tents; South African, historical laager. 2 the island territory's pro- and anti-independence camps: faction, wing, side, group, party, lobby, caucus, bloc, clique, coterie, set, sect, cabal.verb that night they camped in a field: pitch tents, set up camp, pitch camp, encamp, bivouac; South African outspan.