All couple synonyms
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C c noun couple
- set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- team — a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest: a football team.
- twosome — consisting of two; two-fold.
- span — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- duo — Music. duet.
- item — a separate article or particular: 50 items on the list.
- yoke — a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def 1).
- couplet — A couplet is two lines of poetry which come next to each other, especially two lines that rhyme with each other and are the same length.
- brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- newlyweds — a person who has recently married.
- twain — Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
- dyad — a group of two; couple; pair.
- deuce — Deuce is the score in a game of tennis when both players have forty points. One player has to win two points one after the other to win the game.
- doublet — a close-fitting outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes having a short skirt, worn by men in the Renaissance.
verb couple
- connect — If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together.
- coalesce — If two or more things coalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system.
- harness — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- link — a torch, especially of tow and pitch.
- clasp — If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms.
- conjugate — When pupils or teachers conjugate a verb, they give its different forms in a particular order.
- pair — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- cohabit — If two people are cohabiting, they are living together and have a sexual relationship, but are not married.
- buckle — A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
- match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- bracket — If you say that someone or something is in a particular bracket, you mean that they come within a particular range, for example a range of incomes, ages, or prices.
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- wed — to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
- marry — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- conjoin — If two or more things conjoin or if you conjoin them, they are united and joined together.
- unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- hitch — to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
- hook up — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- join — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- fasten — to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.