Phrase Hound found 45 phrases and 22 compound words that contain couple. The most common are listed below. Open couple in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 45
- married coupleTwo people who are married to each other.
- First couple
- Young Couple
- power coupleA couple, usually married, in which both individuals are influential, successful, or wealthy.
- couple threeTwo or three or a similarly small number of.
- couple upTo put into a couple; to put into, or connect together as, a group of two.
- couple-closeA diminutive of the chevron, always borne in closely placed pairs.
- bridal coupleThe bride and bridegroom on their wedding day, and possibly for a short time thereafter, for example during their honeymoon.
- odd coupleTwo people who have a special connection or are in a relationship but who are completely different from each other; mismatched couple.
- dual career coupleA couple consisting of partners who both actively pursue professional careers with significant committment, often sharing family and household responsibilies.
- active coupleIn set dances with more than one couple dancing, the couple doing the more complicated movement during any given portion of the dance. The role of active couple may pass from one couple to another. In many quadrilles, certain figures will …
- couple-yAlternative form of coupley: Pertaining to or characteristic of romantic couples.
- couple-ishAlternative form of couplish: Characteristic of a (romantic or sexual) couple.
- galvanic coupleThe corrosive cell formed when two different metals are separated by an electrolyte, or the corrosion produced by this effect.
- couple-beggarOne who, for a fee, performs an unauthorised wedding service, especially for poor people (originally beggars).
- Romeo and Juliet coupleA couple who have married without their parents' consent.
- couple-closesplural of couple-close: A diminutive of the chevron, always borne in closely placed pairs.
- couple-beggarsplural of couple-beggar: One who, for a fee, performs an unauthorised wedding service, especially for poor people (originally beggars).
- fight like a married coupleSynonym of argue like a married couple: Of two people, to argue frequently over petty or pointless disputes.
- fighting like a married couplepresent participle and gerund of fight like a married couple
- argue like a married coupleOf two people, to argue frequently over petty or pointless disputes.
- fight like an old married coupleSynonym of argue like a married couple: Of two people, to argue frequently over petty or pointless disputes.
- argued like a married couplesimple past and past participle of argue like a married couple
- dual earner coupleA couple consisting of romantic partners, typically married or cohabiting, who both contribute financially to their household through paid employment outside their home.
- fought like a married couplesimple past and past participle of fight like a married couple
Compound words 22
- couplingThe act of joining together to form a couple.
- uncoupleTo disconnect or detach one thing from another.
- throupleThree individuals engaged in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- coupledomThe world or sphere of romantic couples.
- coupleyPertaining to or characteristic of romantic couples.
- couplezillaA couple who, in the course of planning their wedding, display difficult, selfish, and narcissistic behavior relating to the event.
- incoupleTo transfer incoming energy (usually light) to an electronic device.
- supercoupleA celebrity couple who intrigue and fascinate the public.
- intercoupleBetween couples.
- noncoupleA person or people other than a romantic couple.