partner+mate
1Mate Choice — is the process in which one organism chooses another one to mate with. The overall reason for mate choice in any species is to pick a mate that can provide better genetic material that will produce more fit offspring that are more likely to… …
2Mate choice — Mate choice, or intersexual selection, is an evolutionary process in which selection of a mate depends on attractiveness of its traits. It is one of two components of sexual selection (the other is male male competition or intrasexual selection) …
3Mate (horse) — Mate Sire Prince Pal Grandsire Prince Palatine Dam Killashandra Damsire Ambassador Sex Stallion Foaled …
4Partner — Part ner (p[aum]rt n[ e]r), n. [For parcener, influenced by part.] 1. One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. Partner of his fortune. Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who… …
5mate — [n] one of a pair; partner acquaintance, alter ego, analog, assistant, associate, bedmate, bride, buddy*, chum*, classmate, cohort, colleague, companion, compeer, complement, comrade, concomitant, consort, coordinate, counterpart, coworker, crony …
6mate — [1] ► NOUN 1) Brit. informal a friend or companion. 2) (in combination ) a fellow member or occupant: his teammates. 3) the sexual partner of an animal. 4) an assistant. 5) an officer on a merchant ship subordinate to the master. ► …
7partner — [n] person who takes part with another accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, buddy, chum*, cohort, collaborator, colleague, companion, comrade, confederate, consort, coworker, crony*, date, friend, helper, helpmate, husband, mate, pal*,… …
8mate — [[t]me͟ɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ mates, mating, mated 1) N COUNT: usu with poss You can refer to someone s friends as their mates, especially when you are talking about a man and his male friends. [BRIT, INFORMAL] He s off drinking with his mates... A mate of… …
9mate — Synonyms and related words: OD, accompanier, accompanist, accompanyist, ace, acquaintance, ally, alter ego, amigo, analogon, analogue, associate, attendant, ball, be intimate, be made one, be spliced, become one, bedfellow, bedmate, better half,… …
10mate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. companion, chum, comrade; counterpart; consort, spouse; husband, wife. See friend, marriage, auxiliary. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One of a pair] Syn. complement, analog, counterpart; see match 2 . 2. [A… …
