husband
Conserve with care
A husband is a man in a marriage—the male counterpart to a wife.
The word carries connotations of commitment, partnership, and domestic responsibility: her husband of thirty years, a devoted husband and father.
As a verb, to husband means to manage resources carefully and economically: They husbanded their supplies through the winter.
One who keeps company
- soulmateDeeply compatible life partner
- helpmateSupportive life partner
- confidantTrusted keeper of secrets
- loverRomantic intimate
sweetheart · beloved · cohabitant · intimacy · affection · togetherness · bond · relationship
Female marriage partner
- marriageFormal union between partners
- wedlockState of being spouses
- groomBetrothed man; stable worker
- bridegroomNewly wed man
matrimony · nuptials · conjugal · wedded · betrothed · newlywed · consort · monogamy
Male parent
- patriarchMale head of family
- son-in-lawMale spouse of offspring
- brother-in-lawRelative by marriage
- stepfatherMother's subsequent husband
grandfather · uncle · co-parent · lineage · household · clan · heir · progeny
Faithful commitment to another
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- vowSolemn personal commitment
pledge · constancy · steadfastness · devotion · promise · honor · trustworthiness · monogamy
Primary household earner
- earnerOne making money
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
career · employment · wages · salary · benefactor · provision · resources · stability
companion
One who keeps company
- soulmateDeeply compatible life partner
- helpmateSupportive life partner
- confidantTrusted keeper of secrets
lover · sweetheart · beloved · cohabitant · intimacy · affection · togetherness · bond · relationship · pair
wife
Female marriage partner
bridegroom · matrimony · nuptials · conjugal · wedded · betrothed · newlywed · consort · monogamy · vows
father
Male parent
- patriarchMale head of family
- son-in-lawMale spouse of offspring
- brother-in-lawRelative by marriage
stepfather · grandfather · uncle · co-parent · lineage · household · clan · heir · progeny · dynasty
loyalty
Faithful commitment to another
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
vow · pledge · constancy · steadfastness · devotion · promise · honor · trustworthiness · monogamy · integrity
breadwinner
Primary household earner
livelihood · career · employment · wages · salary · benefactor · provision · resources · stability · maintenance
guardian
Protective caretaker of another
shield · champion · escort · custodian · watchful · security · shelter · sanctuary · provider · strength
steward
Manager for another
- cultivatorSoil-turning implement
- conserveKeep from being depleted
- manageDirect or handle successfully
tend · thrift · frugality · resource · careful · economize · preserve · maintain · nurture · budget
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- family membersmother, father, sister, brother, son
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- relativesmother, father, sister, brother, aunt
- loved onesspouse, partner, mother, father, parents
- husband and wifeMarried pair
- husbands and wivesMarried partners collectively
- trophy husbandSpouse valued for appearance
- house husbandMan running domestic duties
- work husbandPlatonic partner at job
- animal husbandryRaising domesticated beasts systematically
husbands, husbandry, husbanding, husbanded, husbandman, husbandless, ex-husband, husbandly, househusband