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
• drool
• silliness
• blah
• jazz
• bunkum
• trash
• muck
• boloney
• balderdash
• bilge
• beans
• buncombe
• baloney
• crock
• claptrap
• hogwash
• twaddle
• rot
• foolishness
• craziness
• fudge
• hokum
• tarradiddle
• malarky
• flapdoodle
• fiddle
• trumpery
• poppycock
• hooey
• tosh
• blatherskite
• punk
• insanity
• guff
• malarkey
• folderol
• humbuggery
• blither
• bull
• codswallop
• falderal
• tommyrot
• piffle
• drivel
• applesauce
• blather
• madness
• horsefeathers
• taradiddle
• bosh
• blah-blah
• flannel
• fiddlesticks
• fiddle-faddle
• absurdity
• folly
• blarney
• moonshine
• hokeypokey
• nerts
• crapola
• humbug
• hoodoo
• absurdness
• idiocy
• senselessness
• slush
• gas
• foolery
• inaneness
• inanity
• kookiness
• greek
• rigamarole
• tomfoolery
• imbecility
• lunacy
• 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
• judgement
• 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

Also note, however, that the Participants who didn’t bring gifts may be relegated to the bunk-bed room. —Sarah Schmelling, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025

The downstairs bedroom is fitted with double bunks, with the mini climbing wall mentioned providing access to the top bunk, which is similar to Konpak Tiny Homes' Funhouse. —New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025

Verb

Every member of the Army participating in the parade, from private to general, will be expected to bunk in what the Army calls Life Support Areas, the official said. —Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 3 June 2025

In lieu of bunking in the 4,000-square-foot Lord House, built in 1962 just off of Mulholland Drive, rent it out by the hour and host a lively pool party. —Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025