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bunk

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bunk

a place set aside for sleeping
  • crawled into their bunks and went to sleep immediately
Synonyms of bunk

bed, pad, rack, sack
Words Related to bunk

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
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bunk

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bunk

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 of bunk

balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blarney, blather, bosh, bull [slang], bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, drivel, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hooey, humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, tommyrot, trash, trumpery, twaddle
Words Related to bunk

absurdity, asininity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacy

absurdness, craziness, madness, senselessness, witlessness

monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery

gas, hot air, rigmarole (also rigamarole)

double-talk, hocus-pocus
Near Antonyms of bunk

levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensibleness

common sense, horse sense, sense

discernment, judgment (or judgement), wisdom

bunk

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bunk

to provide with living quarters or shelter
  • bunked the guest in the spare room
Synonyms of bunk

accommodate, bestow, billet, bivouac, board, camp, chamber, domicile, encamp, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter, roof, room, shelter, take in
Words Related to bunk

ensconce, home, roost, secure, shed, stable, tent

barrack

bed (down)
Near Antonyms of bunk

eject, evict

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