SPOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spouse mean? 

• SPOUSE (noun)
  The noun SPOUSE has 1 sense:

1. a person's partner in marriage

  Familiarity information: SPOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person's partner in marriage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

better half; married person; mate; partner; spouse

Hypernyms ("spouse" is a kind of...):

domestic partner; significant other; spousal equivalent; spouse equivalent (a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship)

relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spouse"):

bigamist (someone who marries one person while already legally married to another)

consort (the husband or wife of a reigning monarch)

helpmate; helpmeet (a helpful partner)

hubby; husband; married man (a married man; a woman's partner in marriage)

monogamist; monogynist (someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time))

honeymooner; newlywed (someone recently married)

polygamist (someone who is married to two or more people at the same time)

married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)

Holonyms ("spouse" is a member of...):

man and wife; marriage; married couple (two people who are married to each other)

Derivation:

spousal (relating to a spouse)

 Context examples 

You might want to use it to have a first date or to spend more time with your steady or spouse—every Virgo will benefit.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q Short Form) Caused you to have problems with your partner or spouse?

(OAB-q Short Form - Caused Problems with Your Partner or Spouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient believe that his/her spouse or others are not who they claim to be?

(NPI - His/Her Spouse or Others Are Not Who They Claim To Be, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient believe that his/her spouse is having an affair?

(NPI - His/Her Spouse is Having an Affair, NCI Thesaurus)

The person receiving care may be an adult - often a parent or a spouse - or a child with special medical needs.

(Caregivers, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)

Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) My spouse/children/friends' view of me has changed because of my illness.

(PDQUALIF - Self Concept Change, NCI Thesaurus)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Caused you to have problems with your partner or spouse?

(OAB-q - Caused Problems with Your Partner or Spouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Above all, an heir to the throne had been born in Bordeaux, and the prince might leave his spouse with an easy mind, for all was well with mother and with child.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These factors included age, having an older spouse or children in the home, race, socioeconomic status, calories consumed, and physical activity.

(Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women, National Institutes of Health)

It usually involves a spouse or partner, but it can also be a child, elderly relative, or other family member.

(Domestic Violence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)