twosome
/ˈtuːsəm/
twosome adjective: being or constituting a pair; two.
Adjective
twosome (not comparable)
Noun
twosome (plural twosomes)
- A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.
- And I was tooling along a mossy path with the brow a bit wet with honest sweat, when there came to my ears the unmistakable sound of somebody reading poetry to someone, and the next moment I found myself confronting a mixed twosome who had dropped anchor beneath a shady tree in what is known as a...1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III
- Synonyms:
- duet
- A dance for two people.
twosome meaning in Malayalam
twosome in Malayalam
- couple, pair, duo
- രണ്ട്, ദ്വയം, മിഥുനം, ദമ്പതികൾ, ജമ്പതികൾ, ഭാര്യാപതികൾ
Synonyms of twosome
Forms of twosome
| plural | twosomes |
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Origin of twosome
From Middle English twosome, equivalent to two + -some. Cognate with Scots twasome, twaesome (“twosome”).
From two + -some.
Words formed from twosome
Words that rhyme with twosome
Questions about twosome
- What does twosome mean?
- Twosome means being or constituting a pair; two.
- What is twosome in Malayalam?
- Twosome in Malayalam is രണ്ട്, ദ്വയം, മിഥുനം. See Twosome meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is twosome?
- Twosome can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce twosome?
- Twosome is pronounced /ˈtuːsəm/.
Words near twosome in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: twosome (page history and authors); twosome (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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