couple
noun
[ ˈkʌp(ə)l ]
• two people or things of the same sort considered together.
• "a couple of girls were playing marbles"
Similar:
pair,
duo,
duology,
twosome,
set of two,
match,
doublets,
twins,
brace,
span,
yoke,
two,
two of a kind,
duplet,
dyad,
duad,
doubleton,
twain,
• two people who are married or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually.
• "in three weeks the couple fell in love and became engaged"
Similar:
husband and wife,
twosome,
newly-weds,
partners,
lovers,
cohabitees,
item,
• an indefinite small number.
• "he hoped she'd be better in a couple of days"
Similar:
a few,
two or three,
a small number of,
a couple,
couple
verb
• link or combine (something) with something else.
• "a sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss"
Similar:
combine,
integrate,
mix,
incorporate,
accompany,
link,
team,
associate,
connect,
ally,
add to,
join to,
conjoin,
• mate or have sexual intercourse.
• "as middle-class youth grew more tolerant of sex, they started to couple more often"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cople (noun), copler (verb), from Latin copula (noun), copulare (verb), from co- ‘together’ + apere ‘fasten’. Compare with copula and copulate.
