Need another word that means the same as “husband”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “husband” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Husband” are: hubby, married man, spouse, partner, man, mate, consort, conserve, economise, economize, use economically, use sparingly, economize on, be frugal with, manage thriftily
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “husband” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| consort | A wife, husband, or companion, in particular the spouse of a reigning monarch. Queen Victoria and her consort Prince Albert. |
| hubby | A humorous or affectionate way of referring to a person’s husband. MacDowell has split from her hubby of three years. |
| man | A type of prehistoric human named after the place where the remains were found. I m a solid Labour man. |
| married man | A person who is married. |
| mate | South American tea like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. He lost the mate to his shoe. |
| partner | A person who is a member of a partnership. Scotland is the rest of the UK s second biggest trading partner. |
| spouse | A husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “husband” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| be frugal with | Spend or use time. |
| conserve | Retain (a particular amino acid, nucleotide, or sequence of these) unchanged in different protein or DNA molecules. Highly conserved regions of the protein. |
| economise | Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of. |
| economize | Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of. The less fortunate will have to economize now. |
| economize on | Use cautiously and frugally. |
| manage thriftily | Be successful; achieve a goal. |
| use economically | Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. |
| use sparingly | Avail oneself to. |
| alimony | Financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give to their spouse during separation or following divorce; maintenance. He is said to have paid 300 000 alimony to his first wife. |
| bachelor | Lead a bachelor s existence. One of the country s most eligible bachelors. |
| beau | A boyfriend or male admirer. |
| bigamist | Someone who marries one person while already legally married to another. |
| bigamy | The offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred. |
| bride | A woman on her wedding day or just before and after the event. The bride and groom left early last night. |
| concubine | A mistress. |
| couple | A small indefinite number. The beetles may couple up to form a pair. |
| divorce | Get a divorce formally terminate a marriage. Her divorce from her first husband. |
| estranged | (of a wife or husband) no longer living with their spouse. Harriet felt more estranged from her daughter than ever. |
| ex | A woman who was formerly a particular man’s wife. All his exes live in Texas. |
| fiance | A man who is engaged to be married. |
| fiancee | A woman who is engaged to be married. |
| girlfriend | A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved. He lives with his girlfriend. |
| honeymoon | Spend a honeymoon. The new President s honeymoon period. |
| lover | An ardent follower and admirer. He was a great lover of cats. |
| marriage | A combination or mixture of elements. Her music is a marriage of funk jazz and hip hop. |
| married | Married people. Married life. |
| marry | (of a parent or guardian) give (a son or daughter) in marriage. They had no plans to marry. |
| mistress | A woman (other than the man’s wife) having a sexual relationship with a married man. A mistress of the sound bite she is famed for the acidity of her tongue. |
| morganatic | Of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior. He contracted a morganatic marriage with a German born actress. |
| newlywed | Someone recently married. |
| paramour | A lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person. |
| partner | Provide with a partner. Scotland is the rest of the UK s second biggest trading partner. |
| polygamy | The condition of bearing some flowers with stamens only, some with pistils only, and some with both, on the same or different plants. |
| spouse | A husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner. |
| suitor | A prospective buyer of a business or corporation. She decided to marry her suitor. |
| wed | Having been taken in marriage. We were wed the following week. |
| widower | A man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried. Her new found passion has turned me into a tennis widower. |
| wife | The wife of a person with a specified occupation. A clergy wife. |
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