Definitions for couple

Definitions for (noun) couple

Main entry: twosome, couple, duet, duo

Definition: a pair who associate with one another

Usage: the engaged couple; an inseparable twosome


Main entry: match, mates, couple

Definition: a pair of people who live together

Usage: a married couple from Chicago


Main entry: couple

Definition: (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines


Main entry: couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome, pair, yoke, span, brace

Definition: two items of the same kind


Main entry: couple

Definition: a small indefinite number

Usage: he's coming for a couple of days


Definitions for (verb) couple

Main entry: couple, twin, pair, match, mate

Definition: bring two objects, ideas, or people together

Usage: This fact is coupled to the other one; Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?; The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project


Main entry: couple, couple on, couple up

Definition: link together

Usage: can we couple these proposals?


Main entry: copulate, couple, pair, mate

Definition: engage in sexual intercourse

Usage: Birds mate in the Spring


Main entry: pair, pair off, partner off, couple

Definition: form a pair or pairs

Usage: The two old friends paired off


Visual thesaurus for couple