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Synonyms for bed

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

sleep with go to sleep sleep together bunk berth

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Sleep with — senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. To have sex (with)

sleep with, bunk, sleep together, go to sleep, lie with, get it on, go to bed, have it away, make love, love, have sex, do it, turn in, hump, retire, bang, screw, drill, bonk, jazz, eff, root AU

Other

berth, embed

Noun

1. Layer — A horizontal layer or surface. The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series…

layer, stratum

Other

couch, cot, bottom, make-out, cradle, kip informal UK IE, seam, sack informal US, pallet, tray, track bed, vein

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. To have sex (with).

  2. n. 1

    A horizontal layer or surface. The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.

Related words

Word family
bedbound bedclothing beddable bedder bedding bedfellow bedmate bednet
Phrases
go to bed bed of roses truckle bed trundle bed bed cover hog bed put to bed share a bed
Is a kind of
furniture

Forms

Plural
beds → layers, stratums, couches, cots…
Past participle
bedded
e.g. bedded → bunked, loved, humped, retired…

Example sentences

  • bunk How about we bunk off school and go to the beach?
  • berth Whenever she sees me, she gives me a wide berth.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bedrising
bunkrising
berthfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
eff, cot1, kip1
4 letters
love1, root1, bang1, jazz1, sack1, tray1, vein1, bunk1, hump1, seam1, bonk1
5 letters
layer2, screw1, couch1, drill1, berth1, embed2
6 letters
bottom2, retire2, cradle2, pallet2
7 letters
stratum2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (layer2 = 2 syllables).