as in spouses
a male partner in a marriage
she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary
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as in conserves
to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of
husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them
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Recent Examples of husbands
Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, there are reports of women and children turning up at the aid camp in Tawila without the men of their family, only to report that their husbands were executed after they were captured by militias.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
My religious faith is such that divorce is wrong and that women cannot divorce their husbands.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
The Brit List script, which treads the line between black comedy and drama, is set in the early 20th Century Hungary where a village knitting club takes it upon themselves to poison their abusive husbands with arsenic.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Laws prohibiting married women from entering into contracts without their husbands’ permission persisted in the United States until the 1960s.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Once Marissa and Jenny finally confront them, All Her Fault revels in the husbands’ evisceration and their wives’ lack of guilt.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
In early 20th-century Hungary, a village knitting club takes it upon themselves to poison their abusive husbands with arsenic.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Around that time, Ladd spoke to The New York Times about her first two husbands and the end of those relationships.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
The men – sons, brothers, fathers, husbands and friends – were connected to dozens of families and a number of comrades in the shipping and freight industry.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, there are reports of women and children turning up at the aid camp in Tawila without the men of their family, only to report that their husbands were executed after they were captured by militias.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
My religious faith is such that divorce is wrong and that women cannot divorce their husbands.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
The Brit List script, which treads the line between black comedy and drama, is set in the early 20th Century Hungary where a village knitting club takes it upon themselves to poison their abusive husbands with arsenic.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Laws prohibiting married women from entering into contracts without their husbands’ permission persisted in the United States until the 1960s.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Once Marissa and Jenny finally confront them, All Her Fault revels in the husbands’ evisceration and their wives’ lack of guilt.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
In early 20th-century Hungary, a village knitting club takes it upon themselves to poison their abusive husbands with arsenic.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Around that time, Ladd spoke to The New York Times about her first two husbands and the end of those relationships.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for husbands
Noun
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The film also features snippets of interviews with Stanford researchers and the spouses of the veterans.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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But as spouses and co-parents, both parties need to be treated as equals, Sethi said.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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The new approach offers a dual solution that simultaneously conserves agricultural resources and produces a biodegradable alternative to address landfill waste.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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The sensor also conserves battery to ensure a long range.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Oct. 2025
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Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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For example, emotion AI (when AI identifies human emotions) can help people with difficulty identifying emotions make sense of their meeting partners on video conferencing platforms like Zoom.—
Rachel Curry,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Husbands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/husbands. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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