couples
Partners in love
Couples is the plural of couple—two people in a romantic or married relationship.
The word often appears in contexts about relationships: couples therapy, married couples, young couples.
As a verb form, couples means joins or links: The train couples to the engine.
Fear couples with ignorance to produce prejudice.
Intense fond attachment
- romanceLove and its excitement
- partnersJoint venture participants
- loversRomantic partners
- sweetheartsRomantic partners, affectionately named
soulmates · relationship · dating · courtship · affection · passion · chemistry · devotion
Marriage rite and feast
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- nuptialsVows and rings
- husbandMarried man's role
- wifeFemale marriage partner
spouse · vows · ceremony · newlyweds · honeymoon · betrothed · bride · groom
A joining or relation
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- trustConfidence in another
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
intimacy · closeness · understanding · rapport · harmony · interdependence · support · empathy
Two working together
- twosomeTwo together
- pairTwo matching things
- dyadTwo forming one
- tandemSequential two-person arrangement
match · pairing · duet · twain · brace · double · matched · partnered
Dance in three-quarter time
- tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- foxtrotSmooth partner dance
swing · partnered · choreography · embrace · lead · follow · dip · twirl
Professional guidance for problems
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- relationshipConnection between entities
- conflictOpposition between parties
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
reconciliation · sessions · therapist · healing · trust-building · boundaries · exercises · retreat
love
Intense fond attachment
sweethearts · soulmates · relationship · dating · courtship · affection · passion · chemistry · devotion · intimacy
wedding
Marriage rite and feast
wife · spouse · vows · ceremony · newlyweds · honeymoon · betrothed · bride · groom · anniversary
connection
A joining or relation
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- trustConfidence in another
loyalty · intimacy · closeness · understanding · rapport · harmony · interdependence · support · empathy · communication
duo
Two working together
tandem · match · pairing · duet · twain · brace · double · matched · partnered · twinned
waltz
Dance in three-quarter time
foxtrot · swing · partnered · choreography · embrace · lead · follow · dip · twirl · paso doble
counseling
Professional guidance for problems
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- relationshipConnection between entities
- conflictOpposition between parties
mediation · reconciliation · sessions · therapist · healing · trust-building · boundaries · exercises · retreat · workshop
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- ballroomchandelier, dance floor, orchestra, waltzing, gown
- householdshousehold, nuclear family, residents, occupants, roommates
- loverslover, lovers, beloved, sweethearts, sweetheart
- portrait subjectsself, self-portraits, families, children, infants
- romantic dinnercandlelight, table for two, red roses, wine glasses, white tablecloth
couplessingles
Unattached individuals
bachelors · bachelorettes · loners · singletons · lone wolves
couplesuncouples
Severs a connection
decouples · disconnects · separates · detaches · disengages
couplesindividuals
Separate, distinct people
singles · singletons · groups · trios · crowds
- a coupleTwo or so
- married coupleTwo joined in matrimony
- power couplesInfluential romantic partnerships
- fights like a married coupleHabitual trivial arguing
- odd coupleUnlikely twosome
- the coupleTwo people together romantically
couple, coupled, coupling, uncouple, uncoupled, couplings, decouple, coupler, coupledom