Phrase guide

sleep with

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To have sexual intercourse with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To share a bed or bedroom with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: literal

Examples

  • My daughter has to sleep with her teddy bear or she gets scared.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

have sexual intercourse with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
  • Adam knew Eve
  • Were you ever intimate with this man?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: copulate, mate, pair, couple

Narrower terms: take, have, fornicate

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: dormir amb — to have sex with
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跟......上床 (gēn ... shàngchuáng) — to have sex with
  • French: coucher avec ... — to have sex with
  • German: mit ... schlafen — to have sex with
  • Greek: κοιμάμαι με (koimámai me) — to have sex with
  • Ancient Greek: συγκοιμάομαι (sunkoimáomai) — to have sex with
  • Hebrew: שכב עם (shakháv 'im) — to have sex with
  • Hungarian: -val/vel hál — to have sex with
  • Japanese: ...と寝る (... to neru) — to have sex with
  • Jarai: đih — to have sex with
  • Latin: concumbō — to have sex with
  • Latin: cubō cum — to have sex with
  • Latin: iaceō cum — to have sex with
  • Polish: spać z — to have sex with
  • Polish: przespać się z — to have sex with
  • Portuguese: dormir com — to have sex with
  • Romanian: se culca cu — to have sex with
  • Russian: спать с ... (spatʹ s ...) — to have sex with
  • Russian: переспа́ть с ... (perespátʹ s ...) — to have sex with
  • Scottish Gaelic: laigh le — to have sex with
  • Serbo-Croatian: спавати с(а) ... — to have sex with
  • Serbo-Croatian: spavati s(a) ... — to have sex with
  • Spanish: acostarse con — to have sex with
  • Spanish: hacerlo con — to have sex with
  • Spanish: hacer el amor — to have sex with
  • Swahili: -lala na — to have sex with
  • Swedish: ligga med — to have sex with
  • Turkish: yatmak — to have sex with
  • Ukrainian: спа́ти з (spáty z) — to have sex with