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soulmate

noun

variants or soul mate
Definition of soulmatenext
as in spouse

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Recent Examples of soulmate In his latest reality TV adventure, Let’s Marry Harry, viewers will see the 29-year-old Aussie native searching for his soulmate with the support of his closest friends, including podcaster Alex Cooper and his ex, Georgia Hassarati. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 5 Aug. 2026 Brett Goldstein’s seething has-been, Roy Kent, has replaced Ted as the men’s coach; Beard (co-creator Brendan Hunt) stuck around to assist Roy but has gone feral in the absence of his professional soulmate. — Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2026 In her animation debut, O’Neil voices Wanda, Stewie’s intellectual soulmate and object of affection. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 July 2026 Across social media, there are videos of people claiming to have manifested everything, even their soulmate or dream home. — Daisy Schofield, Allure, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for soulmate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soulmate
  1. husband
  2. spouse
  3. wife
  4. partner
  5. companion
Noun
  • Similarly, Lisa’s husband, John, is striking a very different chord this year.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Greer’s husband, David Hutchins, announced her death in a statement published Wednesday.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of husband
Noun
  • Others may be learning to live with a disability, giving up driving, caring for a spouse, moving from a longtime home, beginning a new relationship or adjusting to changes in independence.
    — Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The average monthly benefit for a surviving spouse — which is $1,933 — would rise by about $70, AARP stated, and Social Security Disability Insurance for the average worker with a disability — at $1,635 — would go up by about $59 a month.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of spouse
Noun
  • Moore’s Mona Friedman is indeed a familiar figure, a shy and impressionable wife who quietly nods along at dinner, lets people cut in front of her at the store, and seems generally uninterested in sticking up for herself.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The story concerns a blue-collar couple, Ho-seok (Sul Kyung-gu) and his wife Mi-ok (Jeon Do-yeon), still struggling to bounce back from the loss of his factory job two years earlier after a brutal government crackdown on striking employees.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of wife
Noun
  • In South Korea, Chipotle and its local partner built a supply chain designed to meet the company’s global food quality standards.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Yet the region remains less than the sum of its parts, argued Edward Au, southern region managing partner for Deloitte China, who joined Che on the panel.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of partner
Noun
  • Alongside his companions John and Lasse, Freddy took in the Iowa-Iowa State college football game on Saturday night and fit right in.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The animal is at once Ploughman’s companion, source of heat, and fellow laborer.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of companion

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“Soulmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soulmate. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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