Collocations for "husband"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "husband" in context.
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husband
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- has been a [faithful, unfaithful] husband
- my [dear, loving, wonderful, future, late, beloved] husband
- a [house, henpecked, career, cheating] husband
- my [sister's] husband
- [divorced, married, separated from] my husband
- her husband-to-be
- have you and your husband over for [dinner, coffee]
- husband's [name, brother, family]
- have you seen my husband?
- are husband and wife
- I now pronounce you husband and wife
- [caught, found] her husband with
- was cheating on her husband
- [left, walked out on] her husband
- is her [second, third] husband
- husband its [resources, strength, food, assets]
- husbanded (their) [resources] [well, efficiently]
- husbanding animals for [food, their meat]
'husband' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Asian
- allowance
- attentive
- authorization
- best
- better
- bone
- celebrity
- cheat
- cherish
- chew
- chuck
- committed
- constrain
- convince
- cook
- cuff
- darling
- dear
- deceased
- deceive
- dedicate
- dedication
- devoted
- dinner
- dispose
- divorce
- domestic
- dreadful
- embrace
- epitome
- excited
- faithful
- feeling
- fickle
- fight
- find
- folk
- fool
- former
- gall
- golf
- gorgeous
- greeting
- hard
- hen
- her
- hobby
- home
- hunk