Antonyms for couple
ˈkʌp əlcou·ple

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1. couplenoun

   To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.

   Synonyms:
   few, handful

2. couplenoun

   Synonyms:
   pair, brace

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1. coupleverb

   Antonyms:
   loose, part, isolate, separate, detach, divorce, uncouple, unclasp, untie

   Synonyms:
   bracket, link, conjoin, unite, splice, buckle, button, clasp, pair, yoke, connect, tie, brace

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1. couple, twosome, duo, duetnoun

   a pair who associate with one another

   "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"

   Antonyms:
   decouple, uncouple

   Synonyms:
   pas de deux, duad, duette, yoke, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, couplet, match, mates, brace, twain, span, duo, distich

2. couple, mates, matchnoun

   a pair of people who live together

   "a married couple from Chicago"

   Antonyms:
   decouple, uncouple

   Synonyms:
   lucifer, duad, equal, yoke, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, friction match, couplet, match, mates, brace, mate, compeer, twain, peer, span, catch, duo, distich

3. couplenoun

   a small indefinite number

   "he's coming for a couple of days"

   Antonyms:
   decouple, uncouple

   Synonyms:
   duo, span, twosome, mates, couplet, distich, duad, duet, dyad, pair, match, yoke, brace, twain

4. couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duadnoun

   two items of the same kind

   Antonyms:
   decouple, uncouple

   Synonyms:
   pas de deux, duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, coupling, bridge, yoke, pair, gallus, duet, dyad, twosome, couplet, match, mates, suspender, braces, straddle, brace, twain, duette, span, duo, distich

5. coupleverb

   (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines

   Antonyms:
   uncouple, decouple

   Synonyms:
   duo, span, twosome, mates, couplet, distich, duad, duet, dyad, pair, match, yoke, brace, twain

6. match, mate, couple, pair, twinverb

   bring two objects, ideas, or people together

   "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"

   Antonyms:
   decouple, uncouple

   Synonyms:
   fit, parallel, match, play off, touch, duplicate, gibe, equate, copulate, pair, couple on, checkmate, meet, agree, partner off, equal, check, pit, equalize, cope with, tally, rival, geminate, mate, pair off, correspond, equalise, couple up, oppose, twin, jibe

7. couple, couple on, couple upverb

   link together

   "can we couple these proposals?"

   Antonyms:
   uncouple, decouple

   Synonyms:
   partner off, pair, twin, couple on, copulate, couple up, match, mate, pair off

8. pair, pair off, partner off, coupleverb

   form a pair or pairs

   "The two old friends paired off"

   Antonyms:
   decouple, uncouple

   Synonyms:
   partner off, pair, twin, couple on, copulate, match, geminate, mate, pair off, couple up

9. copulate, mate, pair, coupleverb

   engage in sexual intercourse

   "Birds mate in the Spring"

   Antonyms:
   uncouple, decouple

   Synonyms:
   partner off, pair, checkmate, twin, couple on, copulate, match, geminate, mate, pair off, couple up

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1. couplenoun

   Synonyms:
   two, pair, brace, span, couplet, team

2. coupleverb

   Synonyms:
   join, link, connect, copulate

How to use couple in a sentence?

1. Novak Djokovic:

   What got me to go there with my wife is a green school in Bali, a unique concept of education. That was interesting to us, for the last couple years, we've known about the concept. We've been introduced to it by our friends who have their kid in the school in Bali... we might have our children actually attend that concept in the near future.

2. Mark Grueber:

   We set up expert panels of enthusiasts and people that really understand this space because we hadn't been there for over a couple of decades, we went out and immersed ourselves in different customer events and tried to live and breathe with the customers and understand what they liked and didn't like with the current products that are out there.

3. Thailand Englishman Lee Westwood:

   I didn't start well and I knew I needed to shoot good scores, i played some really good shots and made a couple of safe putts, hit a lot of fairways.

4. John Alejandro King, a.k.a. The Covert Comic, www.covertcomic.com:

   America has never lost a war. We just misplaced a couple temporarily.

5. Alejandro Mayorkas:

   I really appreciated the openness with which the agents expressed their views, a couple of guys might have expressed them what I felt was unprofessionally — which was surprising to me because it's something I've never seen in the Border Patrol in my… eight years of person-to-person exposure.

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