1. A pair of people who are married to each other or are in a romantic relationship
   "a married couple from Chicago";
   - mates, match
    
2. A pair who associate with one another
   "the engaged couple";
   - twosome, duo, duet
    
3. A small indefinite number
   "he's coming for a couple of days"
    
4. Two items of the same kind
   "The couple walked hand in hand, like lovers twain";
   - pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, duo, duet, dyad, duad
    
5. (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
   "The engineer designed a couple to balance the rotational forces in the machine"; "A magnetic couple consists of two equal and opposite magnetic poles"

1. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together
   "This fact is coupled to the other one";
   - match, mate, pair, twin
    
2. Link together
   "can we couple these proposals?"; "They coupled on the additional train cars"; "The train cars were coupled up before departure";
   - couple on, couple up
    
3. Form a pair or pairs
   "The two old friends coupled off";
   - pair, pair off, partner off
    
4. Engage in sexual intercourse
   "Birds couple in the spring";
   - copulate, mate, pair

Derived forms: coupling, coupled, couples

Type of: 2, attach, building block, conjoin [formal], family, family unit, II, join, pair, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, two, unify, unit, unite

Antonym: decouple

Encyclopedia: Couple