childless couple

Partners without kids

A childless couple is a pair in a committed relationship who do not have children.

The term can describe those who cannot conceive, those who have chosen not to have children, or those who simply haven't had them yet.

Context usually clarifies whether the childlessness is voluntary, involuntary, or circumstantial: The tax code offers few benefits for childless couples.

Opposites
parental status

childless coupleparents

Mother and father

mom and dad · nuclear family · grandparents · new parents · large family

family size/structure

childless couplefull house

Triplet and pair combined

clan · extended family

family size

childless couplelarge family

Numerous close relatives

full house · blended family

Family

child, childless, childlessness, children, childish, childlike, childhood, childishly, couple

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