spouse equivalent

What does spouse equivalent mean?

spouse equivalent means "a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship".

What is another word for spouse equivalent?

Close synonyms include domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent. 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 equivalent a common word?

spouse equivalent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for spouse equivalent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.