friend with benefits
No-strings physical intimacy
A friend with benefits is someone you have sex with but aren't dating—the benefits are sexual, the relationship otherwise platonic.
The arrangement supposedly avoids romantic entanglement while satisfying physical needs: We're not together, just friends with benefits.
Often shortened to FWB.
The concept assumes sex and friendship can stay neatly separated, which doesn't always hold.
- sexReproductive category or act
- fuckbuddyNonromantic sexual partner
- casualRelaxed and informal
- loveIntense fond attachment
- boundariesLines marking separation
late night text · sneaky link · touch · noncommittal · sexual autonomy · relationship · no-strings-attached · hookup · safe sex · walk of shame · morning after · mutual understanding · kiss · emotional detachment · platonic · communication · pleasure · trust
friend with benefitsspouse
Married partner
husband · wife · life partner · fiancé · fiancée
friend with benefitstrue love
Authentic romantic connection
romantic partner · lover · beloved · sweetheart · kindred spirit
friend with benefitsmarried couple
Two joined in matrimony
husband and wife · civil partner · lawfully wedded · common-law spouse · going steady
friend, friends, friendly, friendless, friendship, friendships, befriend, befriended, befriending