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

The Los Angeles Police Department released a video that shows officers at the Valley jail manhandle an uncooperative inmate who died after he was left handcuffed with a bag over his head while laying prone on the bunk in his cell. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

The finished walkout lower level has two additional en-suite bedrooms, a bunk room, another kitchen and a game area. — Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Verb

Artists and engineers bunked in, the artist’s turtle Rocky charmed visitors, and Rauschenberg created some key works in his studio there. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Collins is bunking in a 10-bedroom villa with a view of the ocean that is renting for approximately $12 thousand a day with a private chef and full staff. — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026