SPOUSE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

spouse

noun

ˈspau̇s

Definition of spouse

as in partner

the person to whom another is married employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan

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Recent Examples of spouse Your spouse or survivors may also qualify for Medicare based on your earnings record. — Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026 This is half of what Maura wants people to understand; that there are people behind the statistics, that there are children who have grown up without a father and spouses who saw their life upended, never to be righted again. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Does caregiver leave cover a parent or only a child and a spouse. — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Loving spouses disappoint us, supportive parents fail us, close friends misunderstand us, and even terrific children create enormous stress. — David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spouse

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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

Erin drapes her white puffy coat over her shoulders, collects the lawyer for Deux Moi who just happens to be her husband, and walks out onto the wet asphalt of Chinatown.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
Walsh’s husband was out of state at the time, according to investigators.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of husband

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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

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