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couple
Synonyms and Antonyms of couple
1 a small number there are only a couple of errors in the computer program Synonyms few, handful, scatter, scattering, smatter, smattering, sprinkle, sprinklingRelated Words minority; atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, particle, scrap, shred, tittle, whitNear Antonyms 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, wealthAntonyms 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 brace, pair, couplet, duo, dyad, twain, twosomeRelated Words span, yoke; partnership, team; companion, complement, doublet, fellow, half, match, mate, twin; coordinate, counterpart, equal, equivalent, like, parallel, peer, rival
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1 to come together to form a single unit at Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers couple to form the Ohio Synonyms associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, unite, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unifyRelated Words mate, yoke; ally, confederate, league; chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice; assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet; recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reuniteNear Antonyms detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke; disband, disperse, scatterAntonyms 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 catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate, connect, hitch, hook, interconnect, interlink, join, link, yokeRelated Words articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh; cord, string, wire; cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weldNear Antonyms detach, disengage, divide, part, split; cleave, rupture, sever, sunderAntonyms disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke
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