Synonyms for spouse
spaʊs, spaʊzspouse

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. spouse, partner, married person, mate, better halfnoun

   a person's partner in marriage

   Synonyms:
   fellow, cooperator, teammate, married person, partner, better half, checkmate, first mate, collaborator, pardner, match, mate

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1. spousenoun

   Synonyms:
   husband or wife, married person, consort

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "spouse":

   spouses, husband, joint, wife, spousal, partner, conjoint

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1. Debra Umberson:

   When married people get in shape or lose weight, it’s often because one spouse takes the lead and urges the other spouse along, even if the person not taking the lead is resistant, over time they will probably be influenced by the kinds of food and activities their spouse is involved with – especially if the person taking the lead is the one who purchases groceries or prepares meals.

2. Colton Etherton:

   Mark Maurer may still want income replacement for Mark Maurer spouse.

3. Barack Obama:

   But before we were in the White House, I wanted to make sure Michelle got paid as much as she could ... If she had a bigger paycheck, then that made us able to pay the bills, why would I want my spouse or my daughter discriminated against? That doesn't make any sense.

4. Beth Asch:

   What we did look at suggests there’s a myriad of underlying causes, and I guess the question is, to what extent those causes are specific to being military. What I mean by that is we know that military personnel move around a lot, they’re asked to change locations every few years, and that can have a financial impact on the spouse and their spouse employment. … Is there something about that, about military service, that’s driving that? We just don’t know. We suspect there could be those factors, but there could be other factors.

5. Patty Murray:

   People who are getting access to health care are not on the dole, they are working families. They are, by circumstances most of us hope we don't get into, have a very seriously ill child or spouse. This is America. Certainly, we don't call people who need health care people who are on the dole.