plus-one

noun

ˈpləs-ˈwən 

: a person who accompanies an invited guest to an event or gathering at which guests are allowed to bring a companion or partner

My husband twice received handsome engraved invitations to presidential dinners. For those events and many others, I was the perpetual plus-one.

—Ana Marie Cox

Examples of plus-one in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The plus-ones are usually spouses or partners, but not always. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Yet, according to reports, the couple is reigniting a long-standing debate about plus-ones at weddings. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026

Monday could be interesting, though, to see how all the processing of the trade works out, and if there yet could be a Heat plus-one in this process. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2026

Like a party where all the season’s finest veggies get together (with bacon as a plus-one), succotash is Southern side dish royalty. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 19 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for plus-one

• begun
• grandson
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• handgun
• homespun
• outdone
• outrun
• pashtun
• redone
• rerun
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• someone