Synonyms of couples

couples 1 of 2

noun

plural of couple

1

as in handfuls

a small number

there are only a couple of errors in the computer program

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handfuls
• fews
• scatters
• minorities
• smatters
• scatterings
• smatterings
• sprinkles
• sprinklings
• molecules
• atoms
• fragments
• particles
• grains
• shreds
• jots
• whits
• iotas
• modicums
• scraps
• crumbs
• tittles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• many
• thousands
• loads
• multitudes
• armies
• flocks
• hosts
• mountains
• crowds
• hordes
• legions
• zillions
• scads
• oodles
• majorities
• gazillions
• jillions
• kazillions
• excesses
• lots
• surpluses
• masses
• quantities
• abundances
• deals
• mosts
• rafts
• piles
• heaps
• pots
• stacks
• reams
• wads
• pecks
• gobs
• plenties
• much
• wealths
• plenitudes
• slews
• profusions
• slathers

2

as in pairs

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

a couple of socks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pairs
• duos
• partnerships
• twosomes
• couplets
• companions
• dyads
• teams
• braces
• twins
• spans
• halves
• peers
• coordinates
• yokes
• equivalents
• mates
• counterparts
• equals
• fellows
• complements
• matches
• doublets
• rivals
• parallels
• likes

couples

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of couple

1

as in combines

to come together to form a single unit

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• combines
• fuses
• connects
• unites
• associates
• mates
• links (up)
• joins
• marries
• conjugates
• allies
• unifies
• coalesces
• conjoins
• interfuses
• compounds
• chains
• yokes
• leagues
• clusters
• splices
• confederates
• reunites
• convenes
• reconnects
• recombines
• hitches
• constellates
• hooks
• meets
• assembles
• rejoins
• congregates
• gathers
• reunifies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sections
• parts
• splits
• separates
• severs
• divorces
• sunders
• breaks up
• isolates
• uncouples
• divides
• resolves
• disconnects
• dissevers
• dissociates
• detaches
• unlinks
• disaffiliates
• fractionates
• scatters
• disunites
• disjoins
• disperses
• disjoints
• unyokes
• disbands

2

as in connects

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 & Similar Words

• connects
• strings
• links
• compounds
• interconnects
• chains
• integrates
• combines
• yokes
• conjugates
• catenates
• hooks
• interlinks
• concatenates
• joins
• hitches
• wires
• interlocks
• dovetails
• intermeshes
• fuses
• cords
• welds
• articulates
• unites
• cements
• coalesces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncouples
• disconnects
• separates
• parts
• splits
• disjoins
• divides
• dissevers
• disengages
• disunites
• unhitches
• detaches
• disjoints
• unlinks
• unyokes
• unchains
• severs
• sunders
• ruptures
• cleaves

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of couples

Noun

Married couples, meanwhile, fell to 47% of households from 66% 50 years earlier. — Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

In summer, guests appeared to be genteel, sophisticated middle-aged couples in Patagonia vests who had come for a long weekend of hiking, fishing, and horseback riding—or young families on a short vacation. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

From Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem to the Clooneys, the 2026 edition of the international film festival has seen several high-profile couples make the most of the Venice red carpet. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

The wildcard is Robert Mallory (Homer Gere, son of actor Richard), a new student who upends the fragile harmony between the two couples. — Michel Ghanem, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Two engaged couples posed for wedding photos in between joggers, dog walkers and sightseers who clamored around Osprey Street to enjoy the day’s majestic sunset. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The benefit, pushed for by VP JD Vance, would only apply to married couples. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Unemployed single parents or cohabiting couples would not qualify. — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2026

They were never seen with the singer or her husband, but in Hollywood that seemed enough to believe the two couples were, if not close friends, at least friendly enough. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Sep. 2026

Verb

Eliminating the burn zone WJGL technology is a precision manufacturing method that couples a high-power laser inside a microscopic, 50-micrometer stream of high-pressure water surrounded by protective shielding gas. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

By deploying an aggressive, multifront strategy that couples strong law enforcement interdiction with a revolutionary model of public healthcare, Florida is proving to the nation that the war on fentanyl can be won. — John Koufos, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2026

Much less attention is paid to the It couples whose love stories dominated headlines at the turn of the 20th century, however. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 23 May 2026

McKenzie was even more ahead of the pack in the Traditional style, which couples each lifter’s best bench press with their clean-and-jerk mark. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026

As Leon, however, it's recommended to play in the third person, which couples nicely with the action-thriller vibe of that storyline. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026

The seven Harry Potter books are canon; fan fiction that couples Hermione and Malfoy is not. — Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026

The first, is to use large-scale solar energy as in the form of agrivoltaics that couples large scale solar farms with an increase in agricultural products. — Joshua Pearce, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026

Their recent paper describes the Movement Reshaping (MR) Exosuit, which, rather than augmenting any part of the human body, couples the motion of one joint to lock or unlock the motion of another joint. — Payal Dhar, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2021