bedmate

noun

bed·​mate ˈbed-ˌmāt 

: one who shares one's bed

especially : a sexual partner

Examples of bedmate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This hybrid mattress gets high marks for expanding easily post-unboxing and preventing motion transfer from your bedmate. —Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025

These former Big 12 bedmates have met just four times since entering the SEC together in 2012. —Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2024

And no one will get mad at their bedmate for hogging the covers. —Angela Haupt, TIME, 11 June 2024

Those sleeping with a bedmate can sleep easy knowing that the foam absorbs movement beautifully and reduces motion transfer. —Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2024

For the insomniac bedmate who turns on the light to read and wakes you up An eye mask can only do so much. —Leslie Yazel, wsj.com, 14 Dec. 2023

Your bedmate is whimpering in their sleep and perhaps thrashing about. —Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2023

Gonzalez’s bedmate was also ill. —Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021

Launching at the same time is a candle by the name of Parquet Leather—an obvious olfactory bedmate for Leatherize, but this time crafted for your home. —Austa Somvichian-Clausen, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bedmate

• abate
• airfreight
• await
• baseplate
• berate
• birthdate
• birthrate
• bookplate
• borate
• breastplate
• bromate
• casemate