Synonyms of bunking

bunking

verb

present participle of bunk

as in housing

to provide with living quarters or shelter

bunked the guest in the spare room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housing
• accommodating
• rooming
• lodging
• sheltering
• camping
• boarding
• billeting
• harboring
• quartering
• bestowing
• roofing
• bivouacking
• domiciling
• encamping
• taking in
• chambering
• securing
• tenting
• stabling
• shedding
• homing
• roosting
• putting up
• ensconcing
• bedding (down)
• barracking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ejecting
• evicting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bunking

While Samir’s parents are away, the friends are bunking together and navigating their twentysomething lives in his childhood home in Queens, New York. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 10 Sep. 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

Though Biggs is making the upgrade from tween to teen room, the content creator is still bunking with her younger sister, Aleia. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Three weeks of bunking in the hustle and hype of the Del Mar Fairgrounds ended Sunday, the last day for hundreds of employees and exhibitors at this year’s San Diego County Fair. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 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