Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun concentration_camp

2 senses of concentration camp

Sense 1
concentration camp, stockade -- (a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions))
       => camp -- (a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners")

Sense 2
concentration camp -- (a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions)
       => misery, wretchedness, miserableness -- (a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable")