couples

noun

Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.

Two of the same kind connected or considered together.

(informal) A small number.

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

(physics) A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.

One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

(architecture) A couple-close.

verb

(transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).

(intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.

(transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.

(horse racing, transitive) To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.

(transitive, dated) To join in wedlock; to marry.

adjective

(informal, US, Canada) Two or (a) small number of.

Roots

aperecop- · Latin · to fasten, join

Synonyms & related words for couples

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of couples. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to couples

Explore words related to couples — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include twosome, duad, pair, mates, accouplement, copulate, dyad, duo. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does couples come from?

The word couples breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root cop-, from Latin apere (“to fasten, join”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.