SpellRight

SpellRight › Spelling

Rare

bedfellows

The correct spelling is bedfellows.

How to pronounce bedfellows

noun

Say it like: Bed-fel-low-s

The correct spelling is bedfellows. One with whom one shares a bed. For example: "1873 They say that "misfortune makes men acquainted with strange bedfellows". The old hereditary Whig Cabinet ministers must, no doubt, by this time have learned to feel themselves at home with strange neighbours at their elbows. — Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux, Chapter 40."

Usage Examples

1873 They say that "misfortune makes men acquainted with strange bedfellows". The old hereditary Whig Cabinet ministers must, no doubt, by this time have learned to feel themselves at home with strange neighbours at their elbows. — Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux, Chapter 40.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.One with whom one shares a bed.
  2. 2.An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.

Similar words

Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.

View synonyms & usage examples