Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
couple (noun)1.
a) two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired
b) two persons paired together
2.
- pair brace
3.
something that joins or links two things together as
a) two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
b) a pair of substances that in contact with an electrolyte participate in a transfer of electrons which causes an electric current to flow
4.
an indefinite small number - few a couple of days ago
transitive verb
1.
a) to connect for consideration together
b) to join for combined effect
2.
a) to fasten together - link
b) to bring (two electric circuits) into such close proximity as to permit mutual influence
3.
intransitive verb
to join in marriage or sexual union
1.
to unite in sexual union
2.
- join
3.
to unite chemically
- two , also - few used with a a couple drinks
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
couple (noun)1.
a small number
SYNONIMS:
couple, handful, scatter, scattering, smatter, smattering, sprinkle, sprinklingRELATED WORDS:
minority; atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, particle, scrap, shred, tittle, whitNEAR ANTONYMS:
majority, most; abundance, excess, plenty, surplus; deal, gobs, heap, lot, mass, much, peck, pile, plenitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, slather, slew, stack, wad, wealth2.
two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together
SYNONIMS:
brace, couple, couplet, duo, dyad, twain, twosomeRELATED WORDS:
span, yoke; partnership, team; companion, complement, doublet, fellow, half, match, mate, twin; coordinate, counterpart, equal, equivalent, like, parallel, peer, rival1.
to come together to form a single unit
SYNONIMS:
associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), marry, unifyRELATED WORDS:
mate, yoke; ally, confederate, league; chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice; assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet; recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reuniteNEAR ANTONYMS:
detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke; disband, disperse, scatter2.
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
SYNONIMS:
catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate, couple, hitch, hook, interconnect, interlink, join, link, yokeRELATED WORDS:
articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh; cord, string, wire; cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weldNEAR ANTONYMS:
detach, disengage, divide, part, split; cleave, rupture, sever, sunder