better half

Questions about better half

What is another word for better half?

It depends which better half you mean. In the sense “a person's partner in marriage”, the synonyms are spouse, partner, married person, mate. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of better half?

WordNet records no antonym for better half. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for better half come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of better half

• Full entry for better halfAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for better halfWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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