English > spouse: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person's partner in marriage. |
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| Synonyms | partner, married person, mate, better half |
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| Member of | marriage, married couple, man and wife | Two people who are married to each other |
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| Narrower | bigamist | someone who marries one person while already legally married to another |
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| 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 |
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| relative, relation | A person related by blood or marriage |
| Spanish | consorte, cónyuge, esposa, esposo |
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| Catalan | cònjuge, consort, esposa, espòs |
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| Adjectives | spousal | relating to a spouse |
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