Meaning of friend with benefits | Babel Free

Definitions

A friend with whom one has a casual sexual relationship.

euphemistic, idiomatic, slang

Equivalents

Examples

““I’m just saying that usually when you have a friend who’s a girl, it’s not just that she’s your friend. Either you’ve known her a long time, or she’s a friend with benefits.””

“Gender norms influence how young men orient themselves to sexual partners and girlfriends, and men’s procreative consciousness is sometimes affected by how they define a potential or actual sex partner (e.g., casual or serious girlfriend, “friend with benefits”, hookup).”

““Can I be so bold as to ask if I can be a friend with benefits?””

“The College Relationship is the hook up that turns into a “a person to hang out with,” more or less, a friend with benefits. This is a person whose company you sincerely enjoy, and you choose to spend extra time both hanging out and hooking up with, but there is no spoken commitment involved.”

CEFR level