soul mate

or soulmate

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.

soul mate

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of soul mate¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The bar, fronted with chic leather stools, teaches that jalapeño-infused tequila, mezcal and Spanish red wine are soul mates in a glass.

From Washington Post

They are my year-round hiking pants, my “I don’t feel like wearing pants” pants, my “look cute at the grocery store because Covid dating is hard and I might just meet my soul mate in the produce aisle” pants.

From Outside Online

For many, many good reasons, school is not an ideal time to shack up with your soul mate.

From The Daily Beast

“I never in 2001 thought I would lose my soul mate because of that day, but I am so proud of him,” she says.

From The Daily Beast

Your spouse becomes your soul mate after you've made those vows to each other in front of God and the people who matter to you.

From The Daily Beast

She soon finds her soul mate in Sam (Jared Gilman), an orphan and the most unpopular boy in his “Khaki Scout” troupe.

From The Daily Beast

This fearlessness and doggedness makes him a natural soul mate of The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

He thought that Mrs Basil had been his soul-mate, separated from him by an unkind fate—something sentimental of that sort.

From Project Gutenberg

Eleven days now passed before a third soul-mate came to share his fortunes.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• alter ego
• confidante