go to bed

VERB

copulate

Synonyms

STRONG

bed breed cohabit conjugate couple fornicate lay mate unite

WEAK

be carnal do it fool around go all the way have coition have relations have sex lie with make it make love make out sleep together sleep with

Antonyms

STRONG

divide separate

WEAK

abstain refrain

VERB

lie

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lie down rest sleep sprawl

STRONG

couch laze loll lounge nap recline repose retire siesta

WEAK

be prone be recumbent be supine stretch out turn in

Antonyms

WEAK

be upright stand straighten

VERB

retire

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart go pull out relinquish remove retreat separate surrender withdraw

STRONG

decamp ebb exit part recede regress repeal rescind resign revoke rusticate secede yield

WEAK

absent oneself deny oneself draw back fall back get away get off give ground give up work give way go away go to one's room go to sleep hand over hit the sack leave service make vacant pull back run along seclude oneself sever connections stop working take off turn in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advance continue remain stay

STRONG

approve arrive come in increase join

WEAK

begin enter

VERB

superannuate

Synonyms

STRONG

decamp depart ebb exit go part pension recede regress relinquish remove repeal rescind resign retreat revoke rusticate secede separate surrender withdraw yield

WEAK

absent oneself deny oneself draw back fall back get away get off give ground give up work give way go away go to one's room go to sleep hand over hit the sack leave service make vacant pull back pull out put out to pasture run along seclude oneself sever connections stop working take off turn in

Antonyms

STRONG

advance allow approve arrive combine come come in enter forge increase join permit remain stay unite

Example Sentences

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For its part, the government has said it is up to parents to decide when their children go to bed, but stressed the importance of attending school on Monday morning.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

“I would go to bed thinking that a market wouldn’t open up, and then at eleven o’clock there would be a new program,” said Ajay Rajadhyaksha, who heads global research at Barclays.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The boys usually go to bed at 8:30 p.m. and bedtime for us is 9:30 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

"You go to bed with it and you wake up with it," he says of the threat that his village could be cleared to make way for new energy infrastructure.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

"Come to my place tonight, and I'll prove the Nazis are lying. But wait until after nine, after my grandparents go to bed."

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

go to bed

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