husband: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 13 letter points · starts with H · ends with D
Meaning of husband
noun
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
Example: You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.
- UK
A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
The male of a pair of animals.
Listed forms: husbands.
Source: Wiktionary — husband.
verb
- transitive
To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
- transitive
To conserve.
- transitive
To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
- obsolete, transitive
To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
Listed forms: husbands, husbanding, husbanded.
Source: Wiktionary — husband.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for husband.
noun
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
- hubby
- married man
verb
use cautiously and frugally
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is husband in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of husband
H(4) + U(1) + S(1) + B(3) + A(1) + N(1) + D(2) = 13 points.
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Anagrams of husband
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from husband
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