bedfellow

[bed-fel-oh] / ˈbɛdˌfɛl oʊ /

NOUN

guest

Synonyms

STRONGEST

caller client companion customer inmate patron recipient tenant vacationer visitor

STRONG

boarder company frequenter lodger mate partaker renter roomer sharer sojourner transient visitant

WEAK

habitué out-of-towner

Antonyms

STRONGEST

enemy manager opponent owner

NOUN

roommate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

friend mate

STRONG

bunkmate flatmate roomie

WEAK

bunky

Example Sentences

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Gas prices have a habit of making strange bedfellows of geopolitical and financial melees.

From MarketWatch

Taking on prediction markets, it seems, makes for strange bedfellows.

From Barron's

Humour and science fiction may not seem obvious bedfellows but a history of cinema will tell you different.

From BBC

If pro football and the fashion industry would seem to be unlikely bedfellows, nobody told the league and its players.

From The Wall Street Journal

Paramount appears the more obvious bedfellow for TNT Sports.

From BBC