as in significant other
the person to whom another is married
"Allow me to introduce you to my better half, Joan"
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Recent Examples of better half
Meanwhile, Polo joined the cast as the better half of Stiller’s fiancée-to-be at the last minute.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 June 2025
As the family patriarch tearfully recalls the night his boy came into the world, his conniving better half comforts him, tightly holding his hand.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 18 May 2025
After attending the Paris Games, the Cornishmen are potentially eyeing a return flight to LAX in three years, pending the approval of their better halves, of course.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Another approach: pen a sweet letter to read aloud that your better half can later hold onto as a keepsake.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 June 2025
As the family patriarch tearfully recalls the night his boy came into the world, his conniving better half comforts him, tightly holding his hand.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 18 May 2025
After attending the Paris Games, the Cornishmen are potentially eyeing a return flight to LAX in three years, pending the approval of their better halves, of course.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Another approach: pen a sweet letter to read aloud that your better half can later hold onto as a keepsake.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for better half
Noun
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Four drinks are inspired by Kelce, Mahomes and their significant others.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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As a result, partners might over-monitor or question their significant other’s actions.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Jeffrey Katzenberg—film producer, former DreamWorks CEO, and founding partner of tech investment firm WndrCo—is, perhaps most importantly, a dad and a grandfather.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ealrlier in the evening, part-owner Renee Medford posted in a Haltom City Facebook group that one of her business partners had seized the landmark restaurant, 5010 Stanley Keller Road.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Krista Bokhari applied to be appointed to finish out her spouse’s term and picked up endorsements from many in her party during that process.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated September 9,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In a bizarre twist, that denial letter listed her husband as the patient but made reference to the care of a newborn, not that of a 52-year-old man having a mental health crisis.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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It’s centered on her personal experience as a caregiver for her husband, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Better half.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/better%20half. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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