bender

noun

bend·​er ˈben-dər 

plural benders

1

: one that bends

2

: spree

hungover after a weekend bender

3

baseball, informal : curveball

… throws a nasty bender in the zone …

—Tim Kurkjian

4

or bender tent British : a simple shelter consisting of a framework of branches covered with a tarpaulin

The teenager had left to live in a bender, a home-made shelter in the woods …

—Emma Cooney

Synonyms of bender

• spree
• drunk
• binge

Examples of bender in a Sentence

He went on a bender and was drunk all weekend.

didn't remember a thing after the all-night bender

Recent Examples on the Web

The slider is a low-80s breaking ball with two-plane shape, while the curveball is an upper-70s bender with more of an 11-to-5 look. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026

The next scene fast-forwards to the present, where Gigi is passed out in a bed in Hollis’s house after a bender. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026

Fast forward to 1953 and the Delage was apparently involved in a fender-bender and dispatched to famed coachbuilder Saoutchik for repairs. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 July 2026

Kal-El shows up during the opening minutes of Supergirl (in theaters this weekend) via video message to ask when Kara Zor-El plans to head back home after her birthday bender. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing bender

• fender bender
• gender-bender

Rhymes for bender

• blender
• fender
• gender
• lender
• mender
• prendre
• render
• sender
• slender
• splendor
• tender
• vender