as in partners
the person to whom another is married
employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan
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Recent Examples of spouses
And while it’s tended to be soccer WAGs that have permeated pop culture, in recent years, partners and spouses of tennis stars and basketball players have garnered attention for their fashions.
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Vogue, 6 June 2026
That includes retirees, surviving spouses and dependents.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Maron, 62, and Stone, 68, costar as former spouses and actors who both receive terminal diagnoses in their new movie In Memoriam.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Yancey was arrested and charged with assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on April 11, after allegedly attacking the ex-wife of her then-girlfriend in a Roxbury home during a dispute the former spouses were having over the return of a birth certificate.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
To friends and strangers alike, our unusual authorly posture—two spouses, both with academic backgrounds but neither presently working in academia, teaming up to write a trade book on a literary subject—is a source of bemusement.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
On that day, members of the group were angry at betrayals from colleagues and cheating spouses.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 June 2026
This sophisticated and precisely accurate algorithm helps individuals — and spouses — decide on their family’s best claiming strategy.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Relations with partners, spouses and close friends are warm and supportive.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
Vogue, 6 June 2026
That includes retirees, surviving spouses and dependents.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Maron, 62, and Stone, 68, costar as former spouses and actors who both receive terminal diagnoses in their new movie In Memoriam.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Yancey was arrested and charged with assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on April 11, after allegedly attacking the ex-wife of her then-girlfriend in a Roxbury home during a dispute the former spouses were having over the return of a birth certificate.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
To friends and strangers alike, our unusual authorly posture—two spouses, both with academic backgrounds but neither presently working in academia, teaming up to write a trade book on a literary subject—is a source of bemusement.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
On that day, members of the group were angry at betrayals from colleagues and cheating spouses.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 June 2026
This sophisticated and precisely accurate algorithm helps individuals — and spouses — decide on their family’s best claiming strategy.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Relations with partners, spouses and close friends are warm and supportive.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouses
Noun
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Clark and her partners were able to interview Nash, who left DNA on a Wingstop cup, as first reported by the San Bernardino Sun.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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Potential meal partners include titans of the tech industry like SK Group’s Chey Tae-won, LG Group’s Koo Kwang-mo and Naver’s Lee Hae-jin.—
Justina Lee,Lisa Kim,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
Noun
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Four of them had 20, one had 21, but that one who had 21 had them between two husbands.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
6 June 2026
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Ali and Shannon open up to PEOPLE about the rules, or, in Ali's case, lack thereof, that help keep them close to their husbands during the season.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
Noun
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In a sentencing memorandum in the federal case, a defense attorney said Rhone was born in Houston to a man who fathered 27 children with at least three wives while working as an explosives expert building railroads.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2026
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One of the objectives of Faith and Family Month is to strengthen relationships among husbands and wives, parents and children and other familial relationships.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Spouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouses. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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