1. An associate in an activity, endeavour or sphere of common interest
   "sexual partners";
   - collaborator, cooperator, pardner [US, informal], pard [US, informal]
    
2. A person's partner in marriage
   "They celebrated their anniversary as devoted partners";
   - spouse, married person, mate [informal], better half [informal], other half [Brit, informal]
    
3. The person who forms the other part of a couple
   "his partner is pregnant"
    
4. A person who is a member of a partnership
   "The two partners opened a successful law firm together"

1. Act as a partner
   "Astaire partnered Rogers"
    
2. Provide with a partner
   "The dance instructor partnered the students for the waltz lesson"

Derived forms: partnered, partnering, partners

Type of: act, actor, associate, doer, domestic partner, flesh and blood, furnish, move, offer, provide, relation, relative, render, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent, supply, worker

Part of: man and wife, marriage, married couple, partnership

Encyclopedia: Partner, Peter