soul mate

or soulmate

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noun
  1. a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.

Origin of soul mate

1
First recorded in 1815–25

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How to use soul mate in a sentence

  • Had Jimmy any doubt of who his soul-mate was, before, that talk settled it.

    Polly and Her Friends Abroad | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • If this new love is the "soul mate" she thinks, the attraction will be all the stronger and steadier in a year or two from now.

    Happiness and Marriage | Elizabeth (Jones) Towne
  • As to the new one, not even you can know for certain whether that other man would pan out the soul mate you now imagine him.

    Happiness and Marriage | Elizabeth (Jones) Towne
  • He thought that Mrs Basil had been his soul-mate, separated from him by an unkind fate—something sentimental of that sort.

    The Good Soldier | Ford Madox Ford
  • Eleven days now passed before a third soul-mate came to share his fortunes.

    The Bird Study Book | Thomas Gilbert Pearson

British Dictionary definitions for soul mate

soul mate

noun
  1. a person for whom one has a deep affinity, esp a lover, wife, husband, etc

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