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Synonyms for couple

44 synonyms
1 antonym
3 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

attach wed have sex pair off

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Copulate

copulate, mate, make love, wed, connect, associate, hitch, link, screw, splice, attach, unite, conjoin, accouple dated rare

2. Match

Other

join, pair off, have sex, tie, espouse, affix, bewed rare

Noun

1. Pair

two, pair, twosome, duo, brace, span, duet, dyad, team, couplet, yoke, twain, doublet, duad rare, distich rare, duplet rare, twinsome rare

Other

handful, mary, hook-up, item

Antonyms

All antonyms of couple →

Definitions

v. 1
To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
I've coupled our system to theirs.
v. 2
To join in wedlock; to marry.
n. 1
Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
A couple of police officers appeared at the door.

Related words

Word family: couple-beggar couple-close coupling
Phrases: couple up married couple have a couple power couple

Forms

Plural: couples → twos, pairs, twosomes, duos…
Past participle: coupled
e.g. coupled → copulated, mated, wedded, connected…

Example sentences

attach You need to attach a white garter belt underneath.
wed She didn't want to wed her cousin from her uncle's side.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
couple		rising
attach		steady
wed		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: two¹, tie¹, duo², wed¹
4 letters: team¹, link¹, join¹, mary², pair¹, item², mate¹, twin¹, span¹, duet², yoke¹, dyad², duad
5 letters: match¹, screw¹, unite², brace¹, hitch¹, twain¹, affix², bewed
6 letters: attach², splice¹, duplet
7 letters: connect², handful², espouse², couplet, doublet, twosome², conjoin², distich
8 letters: copulate³, accouple, twinsome
9 letters: associate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (duo² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: coupler
Italiano: accoppiare
Español: acoplar
Deutsch: einrücken
Català: acoblar