bedfellow

noun

bed·fel·low ˈbed-ˌfe-(ˌ)lō

Synonyms of bedfellow next

: one who shares a bed with another

: a person or thing closely associated with another : ally

political bedfellows

—often used in the phrase strange bedfellows to describe an unlikely alliance of people or things

Politics indeed makes strange bedfellows and on the issue of local regulation of pesticides, environmental and states' rights advocates have joined forces.—

Elena S. Rutrick

Polities and good architecture are strange bedfellows, but in Barcelona the marriage has worked.—

Cathleen McGuigan

Examples of bedfellow in a Sentence

a child-welfare cause that has made bedfellows of activists who are normally on opposite ends of the political spectrum

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Trump, meanwhile, has more hard-right populist bedfellows in Europe than during his first term, with Hungary’s Viktor Orban joined by like-minded nationalists from France to Finland. —

Alexander Smith, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024 The strange bedfellows march out the gates of the Red Keep together, destined to either come to blows or learn a begrudging mutual respect for each other, methinks. —

Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024 For the motorcycle industry, and those that race them, the pandemic created odd bedfellows. —

Maury Brown, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 But in the odd and temperamental place that is our state Capitol, sometimes necessity makes for strange bedfellows. —

Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bedfellow