Dictionary entry details
• COUPLE (noun)
Meaning:
A small indefinite number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Context example:
he's coming for a couple of days
Hypernyms ("couple" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Meaning:
A pair of people who live together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
mates; couple; match
Context example:
a married couple from Chicago
Hypernyms ("couple" is a kind of...):
family; family unit (primary social group; parents and children)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "couple"):
power couple (a couple both of whom have high-powered careers or are politically influential)
DINK (a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids))
Meaning:
A pair who associate with one another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
twosome; couple; duet; duo
Context examples:
the engaged couple / an inseparable twosome
Hypernyms ("couple" is a kind of...):
pair (two people considered as a unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "couple"):
same-sex marriage (two people of the same sex who live together as a family)
Meaning:
Two items of the same kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
twosome; twain; dyad; duo; duet; duad; distich; couplet; brace; pair; span; yoke; couple
Hypernyms ("couple" is a kind of...):
2; deuce; II; two (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "couple"):
doubleton ((bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player)
Meaning:
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("couple" is a kind of...):
building block; unit (a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else)
Meronyms (parts of "couple"):
moment of a couple (given two equal and opposite forces, the product of the force and the distance between them)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "couple"):
dipole (a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance)
• COUPLE (verb)
Meaning:
Bring two objects, ideas, or people together
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
couple; twin; pair; mate; match
Context examples:
This fact is coupled to the other one / Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man? / The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project
Hypernyms (to "couple" is one way to...):
bring together; join (cause to become joined or linked)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "couple"):
mismatch (match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together)
mismate (provide with an unsuitable mate)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Link together
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
couple on; couple up; couple
Context example:
can we couple these proposals?
Hypernyms (to "couple" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
uncouple (disconnect or separate)
Meaning:
Form a pair or pairs
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
pair; pair off; partner off; couple
Context example:
The two old friends paired off
Hypernyms (to "couple" is one way to...):
unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Make love
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
copulate; mate; couple; pair
Context example:
Birds mate in the Spring
Hypernyms (to "couple" is one way to...):
conjoin; join (make contact or come together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "couple"):
bugger; sodomise; sodomize (practice anal sex upon)
breed; cover (copulate with a female, used especially of horses)
backcross (mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents)
mount; ride (copulate with)
deflower; ruin (deprive of virginity)
serve; service; tread (mate with)
bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep with (have sexual intercourse with)
nick (mate successfully; of livestock)
sodomise; sodomize (copulate with an animal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
