significant other

DEFINITIONS OF: significant other

Examples:: show 11 examples...; hide 11 examples...; Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel
prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861); Bathsheba
(Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC); Eva Braun
the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945); Catherine of Aragon
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536); Delilah
(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength; Anne Hathaway
wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623); Marquise de Maintenon
French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719); Rachel
(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin; Rebecca
(Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau; Ruth
the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament; Sarah
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

Types:: show 13 types...; hide 13 types...; lover
a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage; better half, married person, mate, partner, spouse
a person's partner in marriage; bigamist
someone who marries one person while already legally married to another; consort
the husband or wife of a reigning monarch; fancy man, paramour
a woman's lover; helpmate, helpmeet
a helpful partner; hubby, husband, married man
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage; man
a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; fancy woman, kept woman, mistress
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man; monogamist, monogynist
someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time); honeymooner, newlywed
someone recently married; polygamist
someone who is married to two or more people at the same time; married woman, wife
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

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