friend with benefit
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8.4
- noun
- NSFW
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amigo con derechos
- They laughed about their arrangement, saying it was nice to have a friend with benefits who shared similar interests but no romantic expectations.
Examples
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The next prompt is your friend with benefits is afraid of commitment.
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She explained that he was just her friend with benefits, and they both understood it was not a serious relationship.
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After a few casual dates, they decided to become friends with benefits to enjoy each other's company without any commitments.
Synonyms
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7.4
Friends who have sex but are not a romantic couple
Two friends who have sex but are not a romantic couple
Antonyms
How Committed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal parts 'friend' + 'with' + 'benefit' only suggest a friend who has some advantage or advantage-related quality, and do not transparently signal a non‑committed sexual relationship. The phrase is a colloquial idiom (usually 'friends with benefits') whose sexual, non‑committal meaning is culturally specific and unpredictable from the constituents, so a B1 learner knowing the words would unlikely infer the idiomatic sense.
Etymology
Friend with benefit is a modern saying that gives a simple picture: a friend who offers a benefit — here meaning sex or physical pleasure — but not a romantic promise. That's why it now means 'a sexual relationship without commitment'.