significant other

noun

1. Sociology.,  a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.

2. a spouse or cohabiting lover. SO, S.O.

significant other

noun

1. informal,  a spouse or lover

Example Sentences

Persaud says many of his students hope to rent a car overseas, where automatics are sometimes harder to come by, or have significant others who own stick shifts but lack “the patience to teach them.”

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"For people that are family, or a significant other, I didn't want to have to take my contacts out and then look different."

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But as the streaming wars took off, password sharing between significant others and parents and their adult children became rampant.

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Today, each one can legally marry their significant others.

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They also discussed it being “freeing” when they finally rid themselves of their cheating significant others.

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