Casual Relationships Vocabulary

noun a connection or link, especially to a power supply or a communications system

verb to connect or link something together, or to meet and form a relationship

• The company decided to hook up with a new distributor to expand their market reach.
• Let's hook up for lunch sometime this week.
• I heard they hooked up at the party last night.
• The author cleverly used foreshadowing to hook up the readers for the big plot twist.

noun a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

• They had a mutual agreement for a friendship with benefits.
• They were friends who also hooked up from time to time.
• They were friends with benefits, keeping it casual.
• Their friendship with benefits was like a secret arrangement between them.

noun a person who one knows and with whom one has a casual physical relationship without any commitment or emotional involvement

• They have established a relationship as friends with benefits.
• They're just friends with benefits, nothing serious.
• They're FWBs, keeping it casual.
• Their friendship comes with added benefits, if you know what I mean.