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husband

hus·band
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [huhz-buh nd]
    • /ˈhʌz bənd/
    • /ˈhʌzbənd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [huhz-buh nd]
    • /ˈhʌz bənd/

Definitions of husband word

  • noun husband a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage. 1
  • noun husband British. a manager. 1
  • noun husband Archaic. a prudent or frugal manager. 1
  • verb with object husband to manage, especially with prudent economy. 1
  • verb with object husband to use frugally; conserve: to husband one's resources. 1
  • verb with object husband Archaic. to be or become a husband to; marry. to find a husband for. to till; cultivate. 1
See all 37 definitions of husband

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Origin of husband

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English husband(e), Old English hūsbonda master of the house < Old Norse hūsbōndi, equivalent to hūs house + bōndi (bō-, variant of bū- dwell (see boor) + -nd present participle suffix + -i inflectional ending)

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Parts of speech for Husband

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Husband

husband popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

husband usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for husband

noun husband

  • partner — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
  • spouse — either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
  • companion — A companion is someone who you spend time with or who you are travelling with.
  • consort — If you say that someone consorts with a particular person or group, you mean that they spend a lot of time with them, and usually that you do not think this is a good thing.
  • groom — a bridegroom.

verb husband

  • re-collect — to collect, gather, or assemble again (something scattered).
  • farm — processor farm
  • homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
  • keep in mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
  • retain — to keep possession of.
All 27 Synonyms of husband

Antonyms for husband

noun husband

  • foe — a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
  • bride — A bride is a woman who is getting married or who has just got married.
  • wife — a married woman, especially when considered in relation to her partner in marriage.
  • enemy — A person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
All 4 Antonyms of husband

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Related words

  • brother-in-law

    Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.

  • myself

    There is no disagreement over the use of myself and other -self forms when they are used intensively (I myself cannot agree) or reflexively (He introduced himself proudly). Questions are raised, however, when the -self forms are used instead of the personal pronouns (I, me, etc.) as subjects, objects, or complements.  Myself occurs only rarely as a single subject in place of I:  Myself was the one who called.  The recorded instances of such use are mainly poetic or literary. It is also uncommon as a simple object in place of me:  Since the letter was addressed to myself, I opened it.  As part of a compound subject, object, or complement, myself and to a lesser extent the other -self forms are common in informal speech and personal writing, somewhat less common in more formal speech and writing:  The manager and myself completed the arrangements. Many came to welcome my husband and myself back to Washington.   Myself and other -self forms are also used, alone or with other nouns or pronouns, in constructions after as, than, or but in all varieties of speech and writing:  The captain has far more experience than myself in such matters. Orders have arrived for everyone but the orderlies and yourself.   There is ample precedent, going as far back as Chaucer and running through the whole range of British and American literature and other serious formal writing, for all these uses. Many usage guides, however, state that to use myself in any construction in which I or me could be used instead (as My daughter and myself play the flute instead of My daughter and I, or a gift for my husband and myself instead of for my husband and me) is characteristic only of informal speech and that such use ought not to occur in writing. See also me.  

  • divorce

    a divorced man.

  • grass widow

    a woman who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from her husband.

  • sister-in-law

    the sister of one's husband or wife.

  • widow

    a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
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