Synonyms for bed
bɛdbed

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1. bednoun

   a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

   "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"

   Synonyms:
   layer, seam, bottom

2. bednoun

   a plot of ground in which plants are growing

   "the gardener planted a bed of roses"

   Synonyms:
   layer, seam, bottom

3. bed, bottomnoun

   a depression forming the ground under a body of water

   "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"

   Synonyms:
   fanny, tail, seat, layer, butt, bottom of the inning, rear end, can, merchantman, nates, fundament, freighter, bottomland, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, backside, bum, underside, merchant ship, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, hind end, undersurface, rump, keister, ass, prat, arse, rear, tush, seam

4. bednoun

   (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

   "they found a bed of sandstone"

   Synonyms:
   layer, seam, bottom

5. seam, bednoun

   a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

   "he worked in the coal beds"

   Synonyms:
   wrinkle, layer, line, crinkle, crease, bottom, seam, furrow

6. layer, bednoun

   single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

   "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"

   Synonyms:
   seam, level, layer, bottom, stratum

7. bednoun

   the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.

   Synonyms:
   layer, seam, bottom

8. bedverb

   a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track

   "the track bed had washed away"

   Synonyms:
   layer, seam, bottom

9. bedverb

   furnish with a bed

   "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"

   Synonyms:
   jazz, go to bed, have sex, do it, hump, bang, screw, have intercourse, hit the hay, sleep together, crawl in, love, hit the sack, know, roll in the hay, get it on, lie with, have it away, be intimate, eff, go to sleep, sack out, have a go at it, get laid, turn in, make out, have it off, kip down, bonk, sleep with, retire, make love

10. bedverb

    place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

    Synonyms:
    jazz, go to bed, have sex, do it, hump, bang, screw, have intercourse, hit the hay, sleep together, crawl in, love, hit the sack, know, roll in the hay, get it on, lie with, have it away, be intimate, eff, go to sleep, sack out, have a go at it, get laid, turn in, make out, have it off, kip down, bonk, sleep with, retire, make love

11. bedverb

    put to bed

    "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"

    Synonyms:
    jazz, go to bed, have sex, do it, hump, bang, screw, have intercourse, hit the hay, sleep together, crawl in, love, hit the sack, know, roll in the hay, get it on, lie with, have it away, be intimate, eff, go to sleep, sack out, have a go at it, get laid, turn in, make out, have it off, kip down, bonk, sleep with, retire, make love

12. sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonkverb

    have sexual intercourse with

    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

    Synonyms:
    spang, discern, bang, screw, acknowledge, recognise, deal, whop, grapple, get along, bop, distinguish, go to sleep, bash, make love, do, jazz, cheat, roll in the hay, sock, cut, be intimate, retire, pick out, live, eff, go to bed, bonk, recognize, spot, hunch over, slam, do it, chicane, have intercourse, hit the sack, make out, manage, jockey, have sex, tell apart, complete, cognise, neck, whap, fill out, fill in, have a go at it, drive in, have it away, sleep with, enjoy, sack out, hit the hay, contend, hunch forward, issue, love, hump, get laid, have it off, make do, sleep together, get by, write out, turn in, cope, crawl in, chouse, experience, know, come, get it on, kip down, shaft, fare, lie with, cognize, hunch

13. go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retireverb

    prepare for sleep

    "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

    Synonyms:
    have intercourse, have a go at it, adjourn, crawl in, hand over, draw back, know, deliver, retire, get laid, make love, put on, retreat, fork over, fork up, have sex, be intimate, strike out, put out, love, bonk, eff, hit the sack, move back, pull away, do it, turn in, lie with, render, make out, sack out, sleep together, jazz, sleep with, hump, recede, hit the hay, go to sleep, fork out, screw, have it off, have it away, go to bed, get it on, bang, withdraw, roll in the hay, pull back, kip down

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Bedroom Furniture
   • Depression
   • Geology
   • Plant
   • Plot
   • Provide
   • Put
   • Stratum
   • Surface

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bednoun

   Synonyms:
   couch, BERTH, resting-place, place to sleep in

2. bednoun

   Synonyms:
   raised plot (of ground)

3. bednoun

   Synonyms:
   layer, stratum, seam, vein

4. bedverb

   Synonyms:
   embed

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bednoun

   Synonyms:
   berth, bunk, couch, cot, pallet, paillasse, mattress, cradle, trundle-bed, deposit, seam, vein, stratum

   Associated words:
   decumbiture, lectual, clinic, clinical, valance, alcove

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "bed":

   cama, reads, bunk, beds, crib, sleep, cot, lit, read, bedside, streambed, bedroom, sack, bedding, riverbed, -bed, bedtime, pile, in-bed, bedspace, itl, bench, bedlinen, reading, sleeping

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How to use bed in a sentence?

1. Anita Roddick:

   And remember this if you ever think you're too small to be effective -- you've never been in bed with a mosquito.

2. Odalys Diaz:

   There was glass flying everywhere. I tried to hide under the bed.

3. Michele Parkinson:

   She had a dog that actually consumed her whole dog bed.

4. William McCollom:

   The gun was in the bed and I tried to move it, put it to the side, and then it went off.

5. Peter Boockvar:

   The economy and markets are intertwined. A sharp drop in the stock market will impact economic activity. They are all in the same bed together.