other half

noun

1

: a group of people who are not like someone because they are either very rich or very poor

—used in the phrase how the other half lives

They won a million dollars and, for a few years, got to see how the other half lives.

2

chiefly British, old-fashioned + humorous : a person's wife or husband

I don't believe we have anything planned for that night, but let me check with my other half.

Examples of other half in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In an April 18 Instagram post to mark his other half’s 47th birthday, the Blink-182 drummer, 50, could be seen sucking his wife’s toes in one shot taken in their bed. —Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026

Arrange cubed cornbread on 1 half of a large baking sheet; arrange pork on other half of baking sheet. —Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026

But now starts a new terrible chapter without my smarter, goofier, and relentlessly selfless other half. —Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026

Richard faced off against former Gators teammate and other half of the starting backcourt for the 2025 NCAA champions in Walter Clayton Jr. —Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for other half

• autograph
• biograph
• cenotaph
• chronograph
• epigraph
• epitaph
• hodograph
• holograph
• hydrograph
• lithograph
• micrograph
• monograph