A person's partner in marriage.
synonyms: better half, married person, mate, partner.
Roget 88:
accompaniment;
adjunct
etc.
39;
context;
appendage,
appurtenance.
coexistence,
concomitance,
company,
association,
companionship;
partnership,
copartnership;
coefficiency†.
concomitant,
accessory,
coefficient;
companion,
buddy,
attendant,
fellow,
associate,
friend,
colleague;
consort,
spouse,
mate;
partner,
co-partner;
satellite,
hanger on,
fellow-traveller,
shadow;
escort,
cortege;
attribute.
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Roget 903:
marriage,
matrimony,
wedlock,
union,
intermarriage,
miscegenation,
the bonds of marriage,
vinculum matrimonii [Lat.],
nuptial tie.
married state,
coverture,
bed,
cohabitation.
match;
betrothment
etc.
(promise)
768;
wedding,
nuptials,
Hymen,
bridal;
espousals,
spousals;
leading to the altar
etc.
v.;
nuptial benediction,
epithalamium†;
sealing.
torch of Hymen,
temple of Hymen;
hymeneal altar;
honeymoon.
bridesmaid,
bridesman†,
best man;
bride,
bridegroom.
married man,
married woman,
married couple;
neogamist†,
Benedict,
partner,
spouse,
mate,
yokemate†;
husband,
man,
consort,
baron;
old man,
good man;
wife of one's bosom;
helpmate,
rib,
better half,
gray mare,
old woman,
old lady,
good wife,
goodwife.
feme [Fr.],
feme coverte [Fr.];
squaw,
lady;
matron,
matronage,
matronhood†;
man and wife;
wedded pair,
Darby and Joan;
spiritual wife.
monogamy,
bigamy,
digamy†,
deuterogamy†,
trigamy†,
polygamy;
mormonism;
levirate†;
spiritual wifery†,
spiritual wifeism†;
polyandrism†;
Turk,
bluebeard†.
unlawful marriage,
left-handed marriage,
morganatic marriage,
ill-assorted marriage;
mesalliance;
mariage de convenance [Fr.].
marriage broker;
matrimonial agency,
matrimonial agent,
matrimonial bureau,
matchmaker;
schatchen [G.].
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Dutch: echtgenoot, levenspartner, partner, wederhelft
Polish: lepsza poĊowa