Concentration camp
Concentration camp noun - A penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions).
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Synonyms for Concentration camp
Prison and concentration camp are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prison" instead a noun phrase "Concentration camp".
Prison
Prison noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: the ongoing debate whether drug users should go to prison
Concentration camp and prison are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Concentration camp" instead a noun "Prison".
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Related pairs
- pen and concentration camp
- pen and prison
- penitentiary and concentration camp
- penitentiary and prison
- jail and concentration camp
- jail and prison
- can and concentration camp
- can and prison
- stir and concentration camp
- stir and prison
- dungeon and concentration camp
- dungeon and prison
- stockade and concentration camp
- stockade and prison
Both terms in one sentence
- Once there she quickly was put in prison and later handed over and put in a concentration camp anyway.
Source: Literature / Suspicion -
He was captured, imprisoned at Tegel prison and later executed summarily in the Flössenburg concentration camp with some fellow resistence fighters.
Source: Badass Preacher - The original definition of "concentration camp" was a 'prison where the civilian population of South Africa is concentrated and held so they cannot aid the Boer insurgency'.
Source: Deadly Euphemism
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Prison and Concentration camp. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/concentration_camp/prison
Concentration camp & Prison. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/concentration_camp/prison>.
Prison or Concentration camp. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/concentration_camp/prison.
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