PARTNER
Dictionary entry overview: What does partner mean?
• PARTNER (noun)
The noun PARTNER has 3 senses:
1. a person's partner in marriage
2. an associate who works with others toward a common goal
3. a person who is a member of a partnership
Familiarity information: PARTNER used as a noun is uncommon.
• PARTNER (verb)
The verb PARTNER has 2 senses:
1. provide with a partner
2. act as a partner
Familiarity information: PARTNER used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PARTNER (noun)
Meaning:
A person's partner in marriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
spouse; partner; married person; better half; mate
Hypernyms ("partner" is a kind of...):
domestic partner; significant other; spousal equivalent; spouse equivalent (a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship)
relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partner"):
polygamist (someone who is married to two or more people at the same time)
honeymooner; newlywed (someone recently married)
monogamist; monogynist (someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time))
hubby; husband; married man (a married man; a woman's partner in marriage)
helpmate; helpmeet (a helpful partner)
consort (the husband or wife of a reigning monarch)
bigamist (someone who marries one person while already legally married to another)
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
Holonyms ("partner" is a member of...):
man and wife; marriage; married couple (two people who are married to each other)
Meaning:
An associate who works with others toward a common goal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cooperator; pardner; partner; collaborator
Context example:
the musician and the librettist were collaborators
Hypernyms ("partner" is a kind of...):
associate (a person who joins with others in some activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partner"):
bridge partner (one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game)
dancing partner (one of a pair of people who dance together)
Meaning:
A person who is a member of a partnership
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("partner" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partner"):
copartner (a joint partner (as in a business enterprise))
silent partner; sleeping partner (a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge)
Holonyms ("partner" is a member of...):
partnership (the members of a business venture created by contract)
• PARTNER (verb)
Meaning:
Provide with a partner
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "partner" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Act as a partner
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
Astaire partnered Rogers
Hypernyms (to "partner" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
