Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 11 compound words that contain spouse. The most common are listed below. Open spouse in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- surviving spouseA spouse that outlives the person to whom they are married, thereby obtaining legal rights with respect to the property of the deceased spouse.
- ex-spouseA former spouse (from a previous marriage after a divorce).
- First SpouseThe spouse (or anyone of similar rank) of a chief executive of a nation; especially the spouse of the President of a country.
- military spouseA person whose spouse (wife or husband) is a member a nation's armed forces.
- work spouseA man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship similar to marriage, with confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and an unusual degree of honesty or openness.
- pretermitted spouseA spouse who would likely stand to inherit under a will, but was not included in the will because they were not yet married to the testator at the time the will was written.
Compound words 11
- spousedomThe state or quality of being a spouse.
- bespouseTo marry
- godspouseA mortal person who marries a deity.
- spouselyBefitting a spouse.
- housespouseA housewife, househusband, or nonbinary equivalent.
- spouselessWithout a spouse; unmarried.
- spousehoodThe condition or state of being married; wedlock, marriage.
- spousewareSynonym of creepware: Software covertly installed on a computer or device to allow its operation to be monitored and thus spy on the user's activity.
- spousessA wife or bride.
- spousebreachAdultery