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.
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The Marty Supreme actor even mentioned his other half in his acceptance speech for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy.
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Emma Banks, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
Happy anniversary to my other half, my best friend and to my gorgeous wife.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
But the move cost the business its ice cream vertical Scoop Deck, Coffee Importers’ other half for more than four decades.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
In the hours after police discovered the bodies of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner inside their Brentwood, California, home, speculation was rife over what could have led someone to murder the beloved Hollywood director and his other half, a charismatic photographer and producer.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
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Emma Banks, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
Happy anniversary to my other half, my best friend and to my gorgeous wife.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
But the move cost the business its ice cream vertical Scoop Deck, Coffee Importers’ other half for more than four decades.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
In the hours after police discovered the bodies of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner inside their Brentwood, California, home, speculation was rife over what could have led someone to murder the beloved Hollywood director and his other half, a charismatic photographer and producer.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Other half.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other%20half. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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