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couples

noun , plural of couple

Synonyms and Antonyms of couples

1 a small number

there are only a couple of errors in the computer program

Synonyms of couples

fews, handfuls (also handsful), scatters, scatterings, smatters, smatterings, sprinkles, sprinklings

Words Related to couples

atoms, crumbs, fragments, grains, iotas, jots, modicums, molecules, particles, scraps, shreds, tittles, whits

Near Antonyms of couples

majorities, mosts

abundances, excesses, plenties, surpluses

deals, gobs, heaps, lots, masses, much, pecks, piles, plenitudes, plenties, pots, profusions, quantities, rafts, reams, slathers, slews, stacks, wads, wealths

Antonyms of couples

armies, crowds, flocks, gazillions, hordes, hosts, jillions, kazillions, legions, loads, many, mountains, multitudes, oodles, scads, thousands, zillions

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

a couple of socks

Synonyms of couples

braces, couplets, duos, dyads, pairs (or pair), twosomes

Words Related to couples

partnerships, teams

companions, complements, doublets, fellows, halves, matches, mates, twins

coordinates, counterparts, equals, equivalents, likes, parallels, peers, rivals

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