husband

Meanings

Plural: husbands

Noun

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
A prudent or frugal manager.
The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
The male of a pair of animals.
A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position; a husband pillow.
A polled tree; a pollard.

Verb

use cautiously and frugally
To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
To conserve.
To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
To provide with a husband.
To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda (“head of household”), from Old Norse húsbóndi, from hús + bóndi, corresponding to Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”) and *būandz (“dwelling, residing”, present participle). Compare English house and bond³.

Synonyms

baron, conserve, economise, economize, his lordship, hubby, husband, lord and master, married man, old man

Antonyms

waste, wife

Scrabble Score: 13

husband is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
husband is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
husband is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

husband is a valid Words With Friends word