BEDS Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of beds

plural of bed

as in mattresses

a place set aside for sleeping the sofa in the living room will be your bed for the night

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as in floors

the surface upon which a body of water lies some prospectors supposedly found gold in the bed of that mountain stream

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surfaces

beds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bed

as in retires

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

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as in roots

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth

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Recent Examples of beds

Noun

The mattresses of both those more and less important beds were hand-stuffed with materials familiar to a Hästens, including horsehair and wool. — Jaklin Romine oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 This will create capacity equivalent to about 40 additional beds. — Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026 Designed by notable furniture and interior designer Yabu Pushelberg (whose projects also include JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo), rooms are awash in warm gray tones and feature upholstered linen beds. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026 Along with other Ice Box-only rewards, Hele is packaging the Ice Box with its single and double Box beds for pledge levels of $549 and $649, respectively. — New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026 These canny revolutionaries recognized that see-and-be-seen lobbies and buzzy bar-restaurants were just as important as the beds upstairs—though a few lavish suites still gave big spenders room to splurge. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Each room features charming details (four-poster beds, lavish soaking tubs, Edwardian wallpaper) with views of the grounds—including the property’s magical Shakespearean walking garden. — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026 Within the bounds of the park, travelers will find mangrove islands, white sand beaches, turquoise waters, and lush seagrass beds offshore. — Kristin Granero, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2026 More than 300 men sleep each night in cavernous dormitories lined with rows of metal beds at Schwartz Men’s Shelter on Wards Island. — Jeffrey Ginsburg, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

Verb

The character is an adult who drinks, wears impeccable clothing, and beds women—the familiar Bond tropes. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026 That includes throw rugs, sheets, blankets, pillow covers, and beds your pet uses, says Bryant. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 May 2026 His lyrics detail a process of active healing, gesturing at a contentedness that beds in as your 20 begin to wane. — Liam Inscoe-Jones, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026 But Friedenbach does credit the mayor's approach to drug treatment, calling the expansion of treatment beds a positive step, including the opening of five hundred new shelter and recovery beds specifically designed to help people get essential drug treatment. — Ryan Yamamoto, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025 Bedsure Teddy Fleece Throw Blanket Give sofas or beds a cozy upgrade with this teddy fleece throw blanket that's available in a slew of colors, including festive hues like red and olive green. — Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2025 Beds that are completely mixed won’t have the impact that beds of one or two or three complementary colors will have. — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025 But none of those operations could match the location and the great fishing off the Point Loma kelp beds that the Point Loma called home. — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beds

Noun

Luxury mattresses and beds, meanwhile, have seemingly always been a thing.

— Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Police responding to a call for a suicidal caller found the two victims -- Charles Harrison and his son -- dead on mattresses, according to the criminal complaint.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of mattresses

Noun

Rooms are below and the pools and gardens on the ground floor – though this does make the lifts a little confusing as numbers go up even though floors go down.

— Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026
The floors are hardwood, the nine-foot ceilings beamed, the bedroom well detailed, and the city views wide open.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of floors

Verb

The department will also formalize its practice of informing state officials when an officer retires while disciplinary charges are still pending, in order to prevent them from being hired at another policing agency.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
SpaceX already retires aging Starlink satellites by burning them up in the Earth’s atmosphere.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of retires

Verb

However, her performance soon takes on a more grounded, childlike cadence, which roots the supposedly amnesiac Margot a little too firmly within the literal, especially for a tale whose poetry lies in its uncanniness.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026

Definition of roots

Noun

Although my room had six bunks, my only roommate was a quiet man from Switzerland who was also traveling from LA to San Francisco, but by bike.

— David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Two-thirds of the building had been converted into sleeping barracks, with double-decker bunks crowded one against the other.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of bunks

Noun

In a third shot, the model stood with her back to the camera, giving followers a closer look at the personalized swimsuit bottoms.

— Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
The bottoms are basically Molly’s baseball cap, which looks like a dome with a bill just plonked onto it, and Shannon’s wings, which the judges say are just a gingerbread cookie with some icing on it.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of bottoms

Verb

Everyone from the guides to the dining staff have come to know the area well over the years of preparation to open—and deeply love the animals and scenery that lodges like this one aim to protect.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Their work lodges itself into the psyche like a sliver of wood thrust beneath a fingernail.

— Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026