Synonyms of beds

beds 1 of 2

noun

plural of bed

1

as in mattresses

a place set aside for sleeping

the sofa in the living room will be your bed for the night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mattresses
• bunks
• sofas
• couches
• sacks
• racks
• cribs
• pads
• pallets
• hays
• kips
• bedsteads
• lairs
• dosses
• futons
• hammocks
• cots
• daybeds
• bunk beds
• sofa beds
• bassinets
• water beds
• studio couches
• four-posters
• feather beds
• cradles
• trundle beds
• Murphy beds
• sleigh beds
• carry-cots
• shakedowns

2

as in floors

the surface upon which a body of water lies

some prospectors supposedly found gold in the bed of that mountain stream

Synonyms & Similar Words

• floors
• bottoms
• foundations
• ground
• riverbeds
• bases
• basements

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• surfaces

beds

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bed

1

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retires
• naps
• turns in
• sleeps
• settles
• dosses (down)
• crashes
• bunks
• hits the hay
• perches
• couches
• roosts
• lies (down)
• drops off
• nods
• dozes
• slumbers
• snoozes
• reclines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• arises
• wakes
• gets up
• awakes
• awakens
• rouses
• wakens
• stirs
• uprises
• arouses
• shifts
• bestirs
• reawakens
• reawakes

2

as in roots

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter

a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roots
• lodges
• embeds
• implants
• places
• impacts
• enroots
• fixes
• entrenches
• puts
• sticks
• beats (into)
• drives (into)
• ingrains
• establishes
• infuses
• imbues
• instills
• settles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• roots (out)
• eliminates
• dislodges
• uproots
• ejects
• expels
• removes
• eradicates
• detaches
• disconnects
• disengages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beds

Noun

Food and drink Breakfast here is enough to tempt you out of the hotel’s marshmallow-soft beds, even after a long night of dancing. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026

Polar bears Aleut and Gregor wasted no time and were rolling in the beds of ice cubes after entering their outside enclosure. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

At first, Feeley and ICE officials said the temporary removals of detainees from Krome and other South Florida immigration facilities totaled 47 and resulted from fire threats in June and other factors, such as a lack of beds. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

After two moves in less than a year, Joni Moreland’s efforts to find a new home for her nonprofit — which provides free clothes, hygiene products, groceries, dog beds and sleeping mats for residents in need of assistance — is far from over. — Taylor O'Connor 29, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Those two beds combine to give the Nansen a total sleeping capacity of four people. — New Atlas, 29 July 2026

Amid the garden beds, Cal Expo staff were busy harvesting vegetables and melons, loading them into the back of a white pickup truck. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

The severe shortage has heightened the visibility of the crisis across the Bay Area, helping fuel a political push in recent years to direct millions of public dollars toward adding thousands of new shelter beds. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 23 July 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