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SPOUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person's partner in marriage
Synonyms:
better half; married person; mate; partner; spouse
Classified under:
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:
Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) In the past 7 days, my nighttime symptoms keep me from sleeping with my spouse/partner.
(PDQUALIF - Sleep with Partner in Past 7 Days, NCI Thesaurus)
Mamma was an abject slave to their caprices, but Papa was not so easily subjugated, and occasionally afflicted his tender spouse by an attempt at paternal discipline with his obstreperous son.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Any individual related biologically or legally to another individual and considered immediate family as in the case of a spouse, parent, sibling or child.
(First Degree Relative, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A subtype of delusional disorder characterized by the central delusional theme that the individual's spouse or lover is unfaithful.
(Jealous Type Delusional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
An official legal document completed by investigators, sub investigators, their spouses, and their dependents to disclose any financial arrangement between the person and the sponsors of a clinical study.
(Financial Disclosure Form, NCI Thesaurus)
Although caregivers include trained medical, nursing, and other health personnel, the concept also refers to parents, spouses, or other family members, friends, members of the clergy, teachers, social workers, fellow patients, etc.
(Caregiver, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The mother of your spouse.
(Mother-in-law, NCI Thesaurus)
The father of your spouse.
(Father-in-law, NCI Thesaurus)
That’s a sure sign that your relationship with your spouse or steady sweetheart will go better than ever this month.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I would not be a hamper to you, my dear spouse and gallant friend.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
