Synonyms for partner
Most common
spouse associate mate wife collaborator co-operator participant
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Spouse
spouse, associate, mate, wife, colleague, helpmate, buddy, ally, companion, accomplice, better half, assistant, pal, comrade, significant other, counterpart, consort, helper, accessory, butty, fellow dated, helpmeet rare
2. Collaborator
collaborator, co-operator, pardner informal US
3. Participant
Other
business partner, romantic partner, interlocutor, confederate, copartner rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
- n. 2
Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
- n. 3
Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest. A member of a business or law partnership.
Forms
- Plural
- partners → spouses, associates, mates, colleagues…
Choose the right word
Partner has come to denote almost exclusively a business connection.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- wife I want a wife and children, and so I need a house.
- mate I never thought I'd be lucky enough to get a mate.
- associate When we say liberty, we associate it with Lincoln.
- spouse This is a perfect mattress for you and your spouse.
By length
- 3 letters
- pal1
- 4 letters
- wife1, mate1, ally2
- 5 letters
- buddy2, butty
- 6 letters
- fellow2, spouse1, helper2, sharer2
- 7 letters
- comrade2, consort2, pardner
- 8 letters
- helpmate, partaker, helpmeet
- 9 letters
- assistant3, associate4, companion3, colleague2, accessory4, copartner3
- 10 letters
- accomplice3
- 11 letters
- participant4, counterpart3, confederate4
- 12 letters
- collaborator5, interlocutor5, participator
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ally2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- partenaire
- Italiano
- associato
- Deutsch
- Partner