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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My daughter would go to bed before us, and would be asleep before we officially go to sleep.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

No-one should have to go to bed thinking I'm going to have a phone call tomorrow that something happened to my loved one.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

I go to bed around midnight and get up around 6 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

"Otherwise we are used to it because here almost all the time you go to bed and wake up without electricity," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

I think it will be best for her to go to bed tired out physically, so I shall take her for a long walk by the cliffs to Robin Hood’s Bay and back.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

go to bed

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