as in partner
the person to whom another is married
she has threatened to divorce her significant other if he doesn't stop gambling
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Recent Examples of significant other
He is survived by his significant other Emily Volman, his ex-wife Pat Volman and their daughters Hallie Volman and Sarina Miller, and his brother Phil Volman.
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Andrew McGowan, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
His significant other, Auriyon Tresean Rayford, would then allegedly transfer cryptocurrency to the companies.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Saturn retrograde in Pisces is touching down on your committed seventh house of agreements, compromise and significant others.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Netflix prohibits contestants from following their significant other on social media until the show is over.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 Aug. 2025
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Andrew McGowan, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
His significant other, Auriyon Tresean Rayford, would then allegedly transfer cryptocurrency to the companies.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Saturn retrograde in Pisces is touching down on your committed seventh house of agreements, compromise and significant others.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Netflix prohibits contestants from following their significant other on social media until the show is over.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for significant other
Recent Examples of Synonyms for significant other
Noun
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Jeffrey Katzenberg—film producer, former DreamWorks CEO, and founding partner of tech investment firm WndrCo—is, perhaps most importantly, a dad and a grandfather.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ealrlier in the evening, part-owner Renee Medford posted in a Haltom City Facebook group that one of her business partners had seized the landmark restaurant, 5010 Stanley Keller Road.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Krista Bokhari applied to be appointed to finish out her spouse’s term and picked up endorsements from many in her party during that process.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated September 9,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And, in the immortal words of the late Caledon Hockley: Not the better half.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
1 Aug. 2025
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The mom had been planning on enlisting the help of her better half in dealing with the serpent intruder.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
Noun
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In a bizarre twist, that denial letter listed her husband as the patient but made reference to the care of a newborn, not that of a 52-year-old man having a mental health crisis.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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It’s centered on her personal experience as a caregiver for her husband, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Significant other.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/significant%20other. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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