married couple
Two legally joined
A married couple is two people joined in marriage, considered as a unit.
The phrase emphasizes their relationship to each other rather than to anyone else: The married couple sat together at the reception.
In legal and social contexts, it often appears where "spouses" or "husband and wife" might also work.
- spouseMarried partner
- better halfEndearing term for partner
- unionJoining into one
- wifeFemale marriage partner
- man and wifeWedded couple
twosome · partner · newlyweds · tying the knot · civil union · family · joint account · wedlock · household · bride · husband · conjugal · vows · till death do us part · wedding · dowry · honeymoon · together
- couplespair, twosome, duo, partners, spouses
- family structuresnuclear family, extended family, blended family, stepfamily, single parent
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- weddingwedding, wedding ring, marry, wedding ceremony, wedding rings
- familiesnuclear family, extended family, blended family, stepfamily, single-parent family
married coupleunmarried couple
Romantic pair, legally single
engaged couple · domestic partners · friends with benefits · common-law partners · cohabiting couple
couple, marriage, married, unmarried, marrying, marries, marital, matrimony, married couples