friends with benefits
No-strings physical arrangement
Friends with benefits describes a relationship where two people have sex without romantic commitment—they remain friends who happen to sleep together.
The arrangement supposedly avoids the complications of dating while providing physical intimacy: We're not a couple, just friends with benefits.
Often shortened to FWB.
- booty callLate-night liaison request
- fuck buddiesNon-romantic sexual partners
- hookupCasual sexual encounter
- no strings attachedWithout obligations or conditions
- relationshipConnection between entities
no-strings-attached · casual · love · consent · mutual respect · non-monogamy · fling · emotional detachment · trust · noncommittal · mixed signals · bonding · alternative · arrangement · ground rules · honesty · freedom of choice · transparency
- dating slangghosting, breadcrumbing, talking, situationship, cuffing
- promiscuitypromiscuity, sleeping around, casual sex, hookups, one-night stands
- casual datingfling, hookup, FWB, one-night stand, booty call
- hookupshookup, one-night stand, fling, booty call, casual sex
- relationshipsromantic, family, flirting, closeness, romance
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
friends with benefitsmarriage
Formal union between partners
committed relationship · engaged couple · life partners · spouse · husband and wife
friends with benefitslovers
Romantic partners
true love · romance · lovebirds · sweethearts · paramours
friends with benefitsjust friends
Non-romantic close relationship
best friends · close friends · buddies · pals · confidant
friend, friends, friendly, friendliness, friendless, friendship, friendships, unfriendly, befriend