as in partner
the person to whom another is married
she has threatened to divorce her significant other if he doesn't stop gambling
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Recent Examples of significant other
Allison Williams and Dave Franco are thrown together after their significant others die in a car crash.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Another letter, filed by Williams’ significant other, says Williams has spent past years taking care of family members in need.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
At a missile-defense base in Fort Greely, Alaska, Major Daniel Gonzalez (Anthony Ramos) steps outside for a tense phone call, presumably with his significant other.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Deciding what to dress up as for Halloween can be hard, but coming up with the perfect costume idea for you and your best friend, significant other, or partner can be nearly impossible.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Another letter, filed by Williams’ significant other, says Williams has spent past years taking care of family members in need.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
At a missile-defense base in Fort Greely, Alaska, Major Daniel Gonzalez (Anthony Ramos) steps outside for a tense phone call, presumably with his significant other.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Deciding what to dress up as for Halloween can be hard, but coming up with the perfect costume idea for you and your best friend, significant other, or partner can be nearly impossible.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for significant other
Noun
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Privacy and partners Lenovo built Qira using a hybrid AI architecture.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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They were accompanied by K9 units and partners from the Costa Mesa Police Department, which provided drone support, according to the IPD.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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So Vrabel asked if Kraft would greenlight a trip for the spouses and significant others to tag along to New York for the Jets game, and the owner agreed.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Dead husbands and wives returned to seduce former spouses.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Whitford joined season 3 of The Diplomat as Todd Penn, the better half of Janney's Grace Penn, who finds herself unexpectedly at the helm of the White House when the season begins.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Which is why Grace offering the job to Hal over his better half is so good for the health of the show.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My religious faith is such that divorce is wrong and that women cannot divorce their husbands.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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My grandmother, on the other hand, lived for another 25 years after her husband died—which meant my relationship with her extended well into my 30s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Significant other.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/significant%20other. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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