Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "spouse" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

home

Capable Of

buy present distance themselves with silence

Derived Terms

ex-spouse military spouse pretermitted spouse spousal surviving spouse work spouse

Etymologically Related To

espouse sponsor

Has Part

effect of happiness

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

domestic partner relation relative significant other spousal equivalent spouse equivalent

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bigamist deuterogamist exogamist husband hypergamist monogamist polyandrist polygamist polygynist trigamist wife

Type Of (IsA)

domestic partner relative who shares bed

Not Desires

divore

Related Terms

mistress

Related Terms

espouse wed

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.