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bed

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bed

1 a place set aside for sleeping
  • The sofa in the living room will be your bed for the night.
Synonyms of bed

bunk, pad, rack, sack
Words Related to bed

bedstead, futon, mattress, pallet

bunk bed, cot, couch, daybed, feather bed, four-poster, hammock, Murphy bed, shakedown, sleigh bed, sofa, sofa bed, studio couch, trundle bed, water bed

bassinet, cradle, crib
2 the surface upon which a body of water lies
  • some prospectors supposedly found gold in the bed of that mountain stream
Synonyms of bed

bottom, floor
Words Related to bed

riverbed

base, basement, foundation, ground
Near Antonyms of bed

surface
3 a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself
  • I always brush my teeth and floss before going to bed
Synonyms of bed

catnapping, dozing, napping, repose, rest, resting, shut-eye, sleep, slumber, slumbering, snoozing, z's (or zs)
Words Related to bed

catnap, doze, drowse, forty winks, nap, siesta, snooze, wink

oversleeping

dreaming, rapid eye movement
Near Antonyms of bed

insomnia, sleeplessness
Antonyms of bed

consciousness, wakefulness

bed

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bed

1 to go to one's bed in order to sleep
  • The campers all bedded down for the night around 9:00 p.m.
Synonyms of bed

crash [slang], retire, turn in
Words Related to bed

bunk, perch, roost, settle

doze, drop off, nap, nod, sleep, slumber, snooze

couch, lie (down), recline
Phrases Synonymous with bed

hit the hay (or sack)
Near Antonyms of bed

arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake, waken

bestir, stir

reawake, reawaken

shift, stir
Antonyms of bed

arise, get up, rise, uprise
2 to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
  • a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth
Synonyms of bed

embed (also imbed), enroot, entrench (also intrench), fix, impact, implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root
Words Related to bed

imbue, infuse, instill

beat (into), drive (into)

establish, place, put, settle, stick
Near Antonyms of bed

eliminate, eradicate

eject, expel

detach, disconnect, disengage, remove
Antonyms of bed

dislodge, root (out), uproot

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