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couple

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of couple

1 a small number

  • there are only a couple of errors in the computer program
Synonyms of couple

few, handful, scatter, scattering, smatter, smattering, sprinkle, sprinkling
Words Related to couple

minority

atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, particle, scrap, shred, tittle, whit
Near Antonyms of couple

majority, most

abundance, excess, plenty, surplus

deal, gobs, heap, lot, mass, much, peck, pile, plenitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, slather, slew, stack, wad, wealth
Antonyms of couple

army, crowd, flock, gazillion, horde, host, jillion, kazillion, legion, loads, many, mountain, multitude, oodles, scads, thousands, zillion

2 two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together

  • a couple of socks
Synonyms of couple

brace, couplet, duo, dyad, pair, twain, twosome
Words Related to couple

span, yoke

partnership, team

companion, complement, doublet, fellow, half, match, mate, twin

coordinate, counterpart, equal, equivalent, like, parallel, peer, rival

couple

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of couple

1 to come together to form a single unit

  • at Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers couple to form the Ohio
Synonyms of couple

associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unify, unite
Words Related to couple

mate, yoke

ally, confederate, league

chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice

assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet

recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reunite
Near Antonyms of couple

detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke

disband, disperse, scatter
Antonyms of couple

break up, dissever, part, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink

2 to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole

  • if you couple the two extension cords, the connection should be long enough to reach the next room
Synonyms of couple

catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate, connect, hitch, hook, interconnect, interlink, join, link, yoke
Words Related to couple

articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh

cord, string, wire

cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weld
Near Antonyms of couple

detach, disengage, divide, part, split

cleave, rupture, sever, sunder
Antonyms of couple

disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke

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