Synonyms of bunk

bunk 1 of 4

noun (1)

ˈbəŋk 

as in bed

a place set aside for sleeping

crawled into their bunks and went to sleep immediately

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bed
• couch
• mattress
• sofa
• sack
• doss
• rack
• hay
• crib
• kip
• futon
• pad
• pallet
• lair
• bedstead
• hammock
• daybed
• cot
• bunk bed
• sofa bed
• studio couch
• water bed
• cradle
• trundle bed
• feather bed
• bassinet
• four-poster
• Murphy bed
• shakedown
• sleigh bed
• carry-cot

bunk

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noun (2)

as in nonsense

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

the idea that the Great Wall of China is visible from the moon is pure bunk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nonsense
• garbage
• nuts
• rubbish
• stupidity
• silliness
• drool
• blah
• jazz
• bunkum
• balderdash
• bilge
• baloney
• muck
• crock
• trash
• beans
• claptrap
• absurdity
• hogwash
• twaddle
• rot
• fudge
• craziness
• hokum
• foolishness
• flapdoodle
• trumpery
• poppycock
• hooey
• tosh
• fiddle
• blatherskite
• insanity
• guff
• malarkey
• folderol
• humbuggery
• punk
• blither
• codswallop
• tommyrot
• bull
• absurdness
• piffle
• drivel
• applesauce
• blather
• madness
• horsefeathers
• taradiddle
• bosh
• flannel
• fiddlesticks
• fiddle-faddle
• folly
• blarney
• moonshine
• hokeypokey
• nerts
• crapola
• humbug
• hoodoo
• idiocy
• senselessness
• slush
• gas
• foolery
• inanity
• kookiness
• tomfoolery
• imbecility
• greek
• lunacy
• inaneness
• fatuity
• monkey business
• asininity
• hot air
• rigmarole
• witlessness
• hocus-pocus
• shenanigan(s)
• monkeyshine(s)
• hoity-toity
• double-talk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rationality
• reasonableness
• sense
• common sense
• horse sense
• reasonability
• sensibleness
• judgment
• levelheadedness
• wisdom
• discernment

bunk

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noun (3)

British

as in escape

the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement

he waited until everyone was looking the other way, then did a bunk from the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escape
• flight
• rout
• getaway
• breakout
• lam
• slip
• break
• rescue
• liberation
• salvation
• redemption
• release
• close call
• deliverance
• jailbreak
• close shave
• near miss

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confinement
• imprisonment
• incarceration
• captivity
• custody
• holding
• retention
• detention
• risk
• hold
• internment
• trouble
• immurement
• hazard
• jeopardy
• peril
• endangerment
• imperilment

bunk

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verb

as in to house

to provide with living quarters or shelter

bunked the guest in the spare room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• house
• room
• accommodate
• camp
• lodge
• shelter
• roof
• board
• chamber
• quarter
• billet
• harbor
• tent
• home
• domicile
• bivouac
• bestow
• take in
• encamp
• stable
• shed
• secure
• put up
• roost
• barrack
• bed (down)
• ensconce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eject
• evict

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bunk

Noun

Instead of villas, they were told to bunk in disaster-relief tents. — Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026

Whatever its former luxury, the boat now had cabins crammed with four-person bunks and an atmosphere thick with the scent of unwashed bodies and the steam of rations. — Kevin Maurer, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026

Verb

In the morning, one of the creeks that converges with the Guadalupe on the camp’s 700 or so acres was too high for the older girls who bunk on Senior Hill to cross. — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026

Since moving to Bayern Munich in 2023, Kane has also reportedly bunked in a hilltop mansion valued near 30 million pounds ($40 million) in Munich’s wealthy Grünwald suburb. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 May 2026