SPOUSES Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

spouses

noun

plural of spouse

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 The two divorced their spouses and began a public relationship. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026 Northlight Theatre inaugurates its swank Evanston digs with The Front Page, set in a Chicago newsroom and starring real-life spouses Kate Fry and Timothy Edward Kane. — Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 In some instances, DHS has released military spouses following media attention and advocacy by congressional leaders. — Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Since his administration launched its mass deportation campaign and reversed limits on ICE arresting military spouses and parents, such arrests have become more common. — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Instead, Villafranca, undocumented spouses and parents of many other active-duty military personnel have been forced into detention, according to lawyers, advocacy groups and military families. — Catherine Bouvet, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Family allowance, which is immediate short-term financial support to spouses and minor children to pay for basic living necessities while the estate is in probate. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026 Rising women’s star Alex Eala and Felix Auger-Aliassime, spouses Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils, and two-time defending champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori were given wild cards into the tournament. — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Many visitors enjoyed the samples, but doubled down on their preferences for the jollof of their spouses, neighbors or childhoods. — Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The shortfall is particularly serious because the United States and European partners are struggling to expand production.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Our actions have resulted in Iran attacking our partners in the region.

— Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of partners

Noun

Both women endured war, the loss of parents, the loss of children, the loss of their husbands.

— Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
According to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, 48 women have been elected or appointed to fill congressional vacancies created by the deaths of their husbands – 40 in the House and eight in the Senate.

— Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of husbands

Noun

Perhaps the most remarkable part was that, in this postwar time when few women, let alone the wives of fellow artists, were given much due, Claude Lalanne was a sculptor in her own right.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026
Taking up to four wives is legal in Senegal, though the practice is a common source of tension discussed on the women’s program.

— Adrien Marotte, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026

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