BUNK: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BUNK?

Need another word that means the same as “bunk”? Find 28 synonyms and 30 related words for “bunk” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Bunk” are: buncombe, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot, berth, built in bed, feed bunk, bunk bed, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, cot, bed, beat, break away, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail

Bunk as a Noun

Definitions of "Bunk" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bunk” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers.
• A rough bed (as at a campsite.
• A long trough for feeding cattle.
• A message that seems to convey no meaning.
• A narrow shelflike bed, typically one of two or more arranged one on top of the other.
• Beds built one above the other.
• Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements.

Synonyms of "Bunk" as a noun (15 Words)

bed	A bedroom. A bed of straw.
berth	A job in an organization. I ll sleep in the upper berth.
built in bed	Constitution of the human body.
bunk bed	A long trough for feeding cattle.
bunkum	Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements. They talk a lot of bunkum about their products.
cot	A camp bed.
feed bunk	Food for domestic livestock.
guff	An unpleasant smell.
hogwash	Nonsense.
hokum	Nonsense. Classic B movie hokum.
meaninglessness	The quality of having no value or significance. He resented the meaninglessness of the tasks they assigned him.
nonsense	A message that seems to convey no meaning. He was talking absolute nonsense.
nonsensicality	A message that seems to convey no meaning.
rot	Rotten or decayed matter. It was when they moved back to the family home that the rot set in.

Bunk as a Verb

Definitions of "Bunk" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bunk” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Sleep in a bunk or improvised bed, typically in shared quarters.
• Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
• Avoid paying.
• Provide with a bunk.

Synonyms of "Bunk" as a verb (13 Words)

beat	Shape by beating. Pure gold can be beaten out to form very thin sheets.
break away	Separate from a clinch, in boxing.
escape	Escape potentially unpleasant consequences get away with a forbidden action. He drove along the dual carriageway to escape police.
fly the coop	Move quickly or suddenly.
head for the hills	Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.
hightail it	Flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run.
lam	Give a thrashing to; beat hard. They surged along lamming into anyone in their path.
run	Be operating running or functioning. Andrea runs her own catering business.
run away	Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
scarper	Flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run. They left the stuff where it was and scarpered.
take to the woods	Obtain by winning.
turn tail	Accomplish by rotating.

Usage Examples of "Bunk" as a verb

• They bunk together in the dormitory.
• We bunked the children upstairs.

Associations of "Bunk" (30 Words)

absurd	An absurd state of affairs. The incidents that followed bordered on the absurd.
apartment	A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house. Self catering holiday apartments.
bedroom	A room used primarily for sleeping. All parents dream of children who tidy their bedrooms without being asked.
bedside	Space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person. He was summoned to the bedside of a dying man.
berth	Provide with a berth. The ship berthed at Plymouth.
caravan	Travel in a caravan. We were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels.
chamber	Place in a chamber. He chambered a fresh cartridge.
corner	Solid exterior angle of a building especially one formed by a cornerstone. Jan sat at one corner of the table.
doorstep	(of a journalist) wait uninvited outside the home of (someone) in order to obtain an interview or photograph. He was being doorstepped by the tabloids.
escape	Interrupt an operation by means of the escape key. The burglars escaped before the police showed up.
fool	Make a fool or dupe of. I felt a bit of a fool.
furnished	Provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority. A full sized fully furnished apartment.
gibberish	Unintelligible talking. He talks gibberish.
habitable	Suitable or good enough to live in. The house should be habitable by Christmas.
hostel	An inn providing accommodation.
irrational	Of a number quantity or expression not expressible as a ratio of two integers and having an infinite and non recurring expansion when expressed as a decimal Examples of irrational numbers are the number and the square root of 2. Irrational numbers.
locus	The effective or perceived location of something abstract. A parabola is the locus of a point that moves so as to be equidistant from a fixed point and a straight line.
mumble	Grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty. Sorry she mumbled.
mutation	A distinct form resulting from genetic mutation. His first novel went through several mutations.
nonsense	Spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense. Nonsense poetry.
place	Take a place in a competition often followed by an ordinal. Place a phone call.
prattle	Talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way. She began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist.
room	The people present in a room. I was rooming with my cousin.
runaway	An easy victory. A teenage runaway.
silly	Inspiring scornful pity- Dashiell Hammett. Don t be a silly.
sleeper	A ring or post worn in a pierced ear to keep the hole from closing. A KGB plot to uncover his sleepers.
suite	A set of programs with a uniform design and the ability to share data. The Royal Saloon was built for the use of the Queen and her suite.
superstitious	Showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance. Many superstitious beliefs and practices are connected with sneezing.
treetop	The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant.
upstairs	With respect to the mind. An upstairs bedroom.