spouse

Other forms of spouse

plural

spouses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spouse

What does spouse mean?

spouse means "a person's partner in marriage".

How many syllables are in spouse?

spouse has 1 syllable: spouse. In IPA it is /ˈspaʊs/.

What is another word for spouse?

Close synonyms include partner, married person, mate, better half. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spouse a common word?

spouse is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.