a significant other

(mainly American)

a person that someone is married to or who they have a serious sexual or romantic relationship with (not used with the ) The ad read, 'Take your significant other to the Café Carlyle for a romantic night out.'

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Coleen	kah-LEEN	English
Tobit	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Jeroen	yə-ROON	Dutch
Ashanti	-	Various
BÁIrbre	BAHR-bre	Irish
Allissa	ə-LIS-ə	English (Rare)