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

With the number of students enrolled in the UC and CSU systems significantly higher than the number of available beds, there is a critical housing shortage at higher education institutions across the state. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026

For families The resort caters well to families, with the option to book a room with two double beds, kid-friendly food like chicken fingers, and a complimentary kids club. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

To help keep ants out of your in-ground garden, raised beds, or containers, here’s a selection of plants that naturally repel ants and other pests as well. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2026

Pissenem imagined a daytime beach club that catered to older ravers who could afford VIP beds and younger tourists who wanted to dance in the sand. — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026

Here, the household ate together, sitting on their beds, and whiled away the dark winter days by spinning, weaving, telling stories, reciting poems, and playing chess. — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2026

In Brazil, a 32-year-old woman reportedly died after an AI system for assigning hospital beds left her waiting five days to be transferred to an intensive care unit. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026

Families and physicians warn that uprooting residents with Alzheimer’s can trigger dangerous decline, while a severe shortage of specialized beds in the South Bay deepens a looming public health crisis. — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Santa Clara University officials envision a development with 345 bedrooms and 474 beds. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 9 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