couple

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of COUPLE

a small number <there are only a couple of errors in the computer program>

Synonyms couple, handful, scatter, scattering, smatter, smattering, sprinkle, sprinkling

Related Words minority; atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, particle, scrap, shred, tittle, whit

Near 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, wealth

Antonyms army, crowd, flock, gazillion, horde, host, jillion, kazillion, legion, loads, many, mountain, multitude, oodles, scads, thousands, zillion

two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together <a couple of socks>

Synonyms brace, couple, couplet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome

Related Words span, yoke; partnership, team; companion, complement, doublet, fellow, half, match, mate, twin; coordinate, counterpart, equal, equivalent, like, parallel, peer, rival

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