| NOUN | person | married person, spouse, partner, mate, better half | a person's partner in marriage |
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| Meaning | A person's partner in marriage. | |
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| Synonyms | spouse, partner, mate, better half | |
| Member of | marriage, married couple, man and wife | Two people who are married to each other |
| Narrower | bigamist | someone who marries one person while already legally married to another |
| consort | The husband or wife of a reigning monarch | |
| helpmate, helpmeet | A helpful partner | |
| husband, hubby, married man | A married man | |
| monogamist, monogynist | someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time / time) | |
| newlywed, honeymooner | someone recently married | |
| polygamist | someone who is married to two or more people at the same time | |
| wife, married woman | A married woman | |
| Broader | domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent | A person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship |
| relative, relation | A person related by blood or marriage | |
| Spanish | consorte, cónyuge, esposa, esposo | |
| Catalan | cònjuge, consort, esposa, espòs | |
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