Thesaurus:spouse

Thesaurus

spouse

English

Noun

Sense: partner in marriage

Synonyms

• spouse
• better half
• consort (of royalty)
• helpmate
• helpmeet
• mate
• other half
• partner
• wedder

Hyponyms

• husband    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wife    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• deuterogamist
• exogamist
• hypergamist    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• bigamist
• monogamist
• polyandrist
• polygamist
• polygynist
• trigamist

See also

• Thesaurus:mistress

Further reading

• “903. marriage” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “spouse” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.