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

There are no knotty-pine bunk rooms or dusty trophy mounts here. — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026

The lower level also includes a separate heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, three guest suites, and a bunk suite sleeping four. — Joe Marusak july 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

Verb

One of the inn’s most famous residents was author, philosopher and environmentalist Henry David Thoreau, who bunked there briefly in the 1830s while attending Harvard. — Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

Pre-bunking to inoculate against misinformation Fighting back against misinformation about climate change has proved to be possible, though not easy. — Joe Árvai, The Conversation, 22 June 2026