What does "soulmate" mean?

Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.

Soulmate

Common synonyms include: affinity match, consonant temperament, ideal mate, kindred spirit, life partner, romantic partner.

noun

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Noun

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Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.
"Finding your wonderful soulmate is very similar to the process of sowing a seed and nurturing it into a beautiful blossoming plant."

"You'll have three relationships before you meet your true soulmate."

From soul + mate. First attested as soul-mate in an 1822 letter by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Not in common usage before the 1980s.