Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tent
2 senses of tent
Sense 1
tent, collapsible shelter -- (a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek")
=> shelter -- (a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger)
Sense 2
tent -- (a web that resembles a tent or carpet)
=> web -- (an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tent
1 sense of tent
Sense 1
camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent -- (live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room")
=> populate, dwell, live, inhabit -- (inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods")