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SPOUSE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SPOUSE?

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Need another word that means the same as “spouse”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “spouse” in this overview.

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Spouse as a Noun
Definitions of "Spouse" as a noun
Synonyms of "Spouse" as a noun (7 Words)
Associations of "Spouse" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Spouse” are: better half, married person, mate, partner, husband, wife, consort

Spouse as a Noun

Definitions of "Spouse" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “spouse” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner.
A person's partner in marriage.

Synonyms of "Spouse" as a noun (7 Words)

better half	The superior one of two alternatives.
consort	The husband or wife of a reigning monarch. Queen Victoria and her consort* Prince Albert.*
husband	A married man; a woman’s partner in marriage. She and her husband* are both retired.*
married person	A person who is married.
mate	South American tea like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. A plumber s mate.
partner	A person who is a member of a partnership. A junior partner.
wife	The wife of a person with a specified occupation. He and his wife* are keen gardeners.*

Associations of "Spouse" (30 Words)

adultery	Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse. She was committing adultery* with a much younger man.*
alimony	Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated. He is said to have paid 300 000 alimony* to his first wife.*
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.
cohabit	Exist together. An increasing number of couples are cohabiting.
concubine	A woman who cohabits with an important man.
conjoin	Take in marriage. An approach which conjoins theory and method.
consort	A ship sailing in company with another. It did not consort* with his idea of scientific government.*
couple	A pair of equal and parallel forces acting in opposite directions, and tending to cause rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane containing them. A cable is coupled up to one of the wheels.
divorce	Get a divorce formally terminate a marriage. A divorce* between ownership and control in the typical large company.*
estranged	Caused to be unloved. His estranged* wife.*
ex	The 24th letter of the Roman alphabet. All his exes live in Texas.
girlfriend	A woman’s female friend. Mary and her girlfriend* organized the party.*
honeymoon	Spend a honeymoon. They plan to honeymoon* in Hawai i.*
husband	Use cautiously and frugally. She husbanded their financial resources through difficult times.
marriage	(in bezique and other card games) a combination of a king and queen of the same suit. They were celebrating 50 years of marriage.
married	Married people. We invited several young marrieds.
marry	Join together; combine harmoniously. They had no plans to marry.
mate	South American tea like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. See you then mate.
mistress	A woman loved and courted by a man. Mary go and fetch your mistress* some cold chicken.*
morganatic	Relating to or denoting a marriage in which neither the spouse of lower rank, nor any children, have any claim to the possessions or title of the spouse of higher rank. He contracted a morganatic* marriage with a German born actress.*
newlywed	Someone recently married.
paramour	A woman’s lover.
partner	Associate or work together as partners. Young farmers who partnered Isabel to the village dance.
polygamist	An animal that has more than one mate. Polygamist communities.
polygamy	The condition of bearing some flowers with stamens only, some with pistils only, and some with both, on the same or different plants.
sponsor	Assume sponsorship of. NBC found a sponsor* willing to put the election up on prime time.*
suitor	A man who courts a woman. The company agreed to negotiate with its suitor.
wed	Give or join in marriage. He was to wed* the king s daughter.*
wife	The wife of a person with a specified occupation. A clergy wife.