Partner

Definition: Partner

Partner

Noun

1. A person's partner in marriage.

2. An associate who works with others toward a common goal; "partners in crime".

3. A person who is a member of a partnership.

Verb

1. Provide with a partner.

2. Act as a partner; "Astaire partnered Rogers".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "partner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Partner \Part"ner\, noun. [For parcener, influenced by part.]. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Law

Sports & Leisure

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Partner

Accompaniment

Concomitant, accessory, coefficient; companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague; consort, spouse, mate; partner, co-partner; satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow; escort, cortege; attribute.

Auxiliary

Noun: auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant; ayudante, coaid; adjunct; help, helper, help mate, helping hand; midwife; colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator; coadjutor, coadjutrix; collaborator.

Friend

Shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate; fellow companion, boon companion, pot companion; copartner, partner, senior partner, junior partner.

Inactivity

Idler, drone, droil, dawdle, mopus; do-little faineant, dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant; (runaway) : bummer, loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker, lounger, lazzarone; lubber, lubbard; slow coach; (slow.); opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag, sluggard, slugabed; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus.

Marriage

Bridesmaid, bridesman, best man; bride, bridegroom. married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife.

Participation

Participator, sharer; co-partner, partner; shareholder; co-tenant, joint tenant; tenants in common; co-heir, co-parcener.

Crosswords: Partner

Albanian (Comrade, copartner, fellow, fellow campaigner, pard, partner), Czech (associate, helpmeet, pal, partner), Dutch (companion), German (associate, companion, copartner, co-star, mate, mates, pard, pards, partner), Hungarian (bedfellow, partner), Italian (partner), Serbo-Croatian (partner), Swedish (partner), Turkish (partner).

And this is my partner Jim. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Fill a man full o' lead, stick him in the ground an' then read words on him. Why, when you've killed a man, why try to read the Lord in as a partner on the job (Red River; writing credit: Borden Chase)

There's two million people here in China, let one of them be your partner! (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson)

That's why I don't have no partner, that's one thing I learned from my daddy (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf)

Sure thing partner. No problemo (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner (YOU'RE SO VAIN; performing artist: Carly Simon)

She got a crazy partner, (Roll Over Beethoven; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

I suppose it’s old partner, but the beat goes on (Lose Yourself; performing artist: EMINEM)

I did your partner cause she's hot as a baker cause I'm Naughty by Nature (Hip-Hop Hooray; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

Like I don't have a partner (Under The Bridge; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Pick a partner and practice passing, for if you pass proficiently, perhaps you'll play professionally. (references; author: unknown)

Partner (1968)

The Silent Partner (1963)

God Is My Partner (1957)

Tennessee's Partner (1955)

Choosing Your Marriage Partner (1952)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Air Partner Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Columbus IT Partner A/S: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• EDB Business Partner ASA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Knorr Capital Partner AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Marschollek Lautenschlager & Partner AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Loving the Self-Absorbed: How to Create a More Satisfying Relationship with a Narcissistic Partner (reference)

• After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful (reference)

• John Lyons' Bringing Up Baby: 20 Progressive Ground-Work Lessons to Develop Your Young Horse into a Reliable, Accepting Partner (reference)

• Finding the Love of Your Life: Ten Principles for Choosing the Right Marriage Partner (reference)

• Bedroom Games: Stripteases, Seductions, and Other Surprises to Keep Your Partner Coming Back for More (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Cpa Managing Partner Report (reference)

• Partner To Partner Advisory (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Tennessee's Partner (reference)

• The Silent Partner (reference)

• World of Swing #6 - From Partner Charleston to Lindy Charleston (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Dream Partner (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Fujitsu Scan Partner Fi-4220c Color Fb Dupl 25ppm 600dpi SCSI USB Lgl Adf (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Partner 121200-50 12" Dry/Wet Cutting Blade For High Speed Masonry (reference)

• Partner K1250-16 16" Power Cutter (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Two project partner representatives watch the progress as the soil is tested at the dam removal site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Hal Pyle, NRCS district conservationist, and conservation partner check samples from a water monitoring project in a neighborhood located in Springfield, Illinois. The project is sponsored by several federal, state and county agencies. The system is monit. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Rick Lange, DC and Crawford County Conservationist partner, check nutrient management plan on a Crawford county farm. Credit: Bob Nichols.

You're Safer with One Partner Poster.

View through arch of east tower. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, March 1977. (Reproduction Number: HAER WVA,35-WHEEL,35-44) The Wheeling Suspension Bridge has been called "the father of American suspension bridges." Designed in 1849 by Charles Ellett as part of the National Road (later U.S. 40), the bridge spans a distance of 1,010 feet across the Ohio River so as to allow boats to pass underneath it. The bridge has been altered several times by noted engineers including Ellett's partner, William McComas, and William Hildenbrand. It remains the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in the world that is still in use. Credit: Library of Congress.

Love Carefully AIDS Infection May Come From A Single Sexual Contact! Preserve Your Heritage Know Your Partner!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Love is the only thing your partner should give you. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Two images of canoeists in Czechoslovakia canoeing: Jan Felix-Brzák (with his partner Bohumil Kudrna), and Jiri Vokner. Credit: Library of Congress.

Richard Queen and his partner with Bascom Lamar Lunsford at the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.

11 Scharfrichter; Marya Delvard mit Partner Genio Trusa. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

There was nothing like flirtation between her and her partner.

He lived in chambers which had once belonged to his deceased partner.

It irks me, nevertheless, that the partner of her iniquity should not, at least, stand on the scaffold by her side

Neither seemed to hurry, and both walked slowly, as if feared that by too much haste he would double the pace of his partner.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Use birth control with your partner during treatment. (references)

A sex partner needs treatment even if (s)he has no symptoms. (references)

Have a mutually monogamous sexual relationship with an uninfected partner. (references)

Business

Partner selection is the most crucial issue. (references)

Secondly, a foreign firm MUST have a local black partner. (references)

It is the fifth-largest trading partner of the United States. (references)

Children

Malaysia

Such a girl may be charged with "khalwat" or "close proximity" (the charge usually used to prosecute premarital or extramarital sexual relations), even if she is under the age of 18 and her partner is an adult. (references)

Civil Liberties

Zimbabwe

On November 8, police again arrested, detained, and interrogated Nyarota and his former business partner, reportedly for violating investment and exchange control regulations relating to the operating license for the newspaper; they were released on bail on November 9, and there was no further action on the case by year's end. (references)

Armenia

Since September, the independent television station Noyan Tapan has suspended broadcasting due to an unresolved dispute over contract terms with its partner and broadcast license holder. (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

Foreign suppliers have a choice of relationships they can establish, e.g. a temporary relationship for a specific sale or purpose; an agency relationship; or a joint venture, in which the Indonesian partner owns at least 5 percent of the venture. (references)

Hungary

New firms seeking to enter the Hungarian environmental technology market place are advised to establish a local presence, preferably by teaming up with a local partner. (references)

Hungary

Hungarian agents or distributors typically look to the foreign partner to provide marketing and promotional support, training and financing. (references)

Human Rights

Ecuador

On February 27, in Guayaquil, Police Sub-Lieutenant Rivera and his partner Officer Yepez picked up Joffre Aroca for vagrancy during a routine "Plan Mas Seguridad" patrol. (references)

Argentina

Ledesma's partner, Vanessa Piedrabuena, has received repeated threats and the police have raided her residence. (references)

Malaysia

One other alleged homosexual partner of Anwar's gave a consistent description of the psychological and physical abuse used by police to force similar confessions from him. (references)

Minorities

Romania

Ethnic Hungarians, officially numbering more than 1.6 million, constitute the largest and most vocal minority, and their UDMR party was the leading political partner for the ruling minority PSD Government during the year. (references)

Political Economy

Australia

Australia ranks as one of our most dependable allies and a key economic partner in the dynamic Asia-Pacific region, which accounts for nearly half of the world's population, economic output and trade. (references)

South Africa

The official opposition party in the National Assembly is the Democratic Party (DP) and its smaller Democratic Alliance (DA) partner, the Federal Alliance (FA). (references)

Political Rights

Cambodia

However, in practice the CPP is the dominant partner. (references)

Trade

Romania

After the goods have arrived at their destination but no later than four months after their arrival, the exporter has to obtain from his foreign partner a delivery verification certificate or any other equivalent document proving that the goods have arrived at their stated final destination. (references)

Kazakhstan

The overall average trade-weighted import tariff rates are approximately 9%. The low average import tariffs are due to the fact that trade with Russia -- Kazakhstan's major trade partner -- is duty-free pursuant to their membership in the five-country Eurasian Economic Community, which was established in 2001 as a successor to the Customs Union between Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Your young, enthusiastic representative may not be as effective with the local partner, particularly in a culture that respects age and experience. (references)

Djibouti

Another cultural difference is that if your local business partner does not look at you when you are speaking, it does not mean that you do not have his (her) attention. (references)

Ecuador

Business meetings are conducted in offices or restaurants, the latter often used in order to get better acquainted with a potential business partner. (references)

Women

Australia

Almost one in four women who have been married or in a common-law relationship have experienced violence by a partner at some time during the relationship, according to the ABS study. (references)

Peru

A National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI) survey reported that during 2000 at least 41 percent of women were battered by their partner, and that 16 percent of those women were battered frequently. (references)

Bangladesh

A report released by the U.N. Population Fund in September 2000 asserted that 47 percent of adult women report physical abuse by their male partner. (references)

Worker Rights

Germany

The foundation concluded agreements with partner organizations that are to receive foundation funds in order to process and pay claims according to agreed procedures and subject to audit. (references)

Morocco

The CDT is affiliated with the ruling Socialist Union of Popular Forces of Prime Minister Youssoufi and the UGTM with the Istiqlal party, the second partner in the ruling coalition. (references)

South Africa

Union participation as an equal partner with business and Government in the National Economic Development and Labor Council, a tripartite negotiating forum, ensures a direct voice for labor in the formulation of economic, social, and labor policy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "partner": bridge partner ♦ business partner ♦ co partner ♦ coalition partner ♦ conversational partner ♦ dancing partner ♦ dormant partner ♦ full partner ♦ joint partner ♦ junior partner ♦ limited partner ♦ managing partner ♦ nominal partner ♦ occulted partner ♦ of a partner ♦ partner in crime ♦ partner off ♦ partner relation ♦ partner up ♦ partner up with ♦ secret partner ♦ senior partner ♦ sexual partner ♦ silent partner ♦ sleeping or silent partner ♦ sleeping partner ♦ sparring partner ♦ special partner ♦ the senior partner. Additional references.

Beginning with "partner": Partner-in-mission, Partner-in-residence, partner-less, partner-swapping.

Ending with "partner": co-partner, ex-partner.

Albanian

pjesëtar (limb, shareholder), partner (Comrade, copartner, fellow, fellow campaigner, pard), shok (bedfellow, brother, buddy, buddy buddy, chap, companion, companion in arms, Comrade, fellow, friend, guy, mate, pal, pard, peer), ortak (copartner), lidhem me (league, pertain), bashkëshort (consort, husband, spouse, yokefellow, yokemate), bashkëpunëtor (collaborator, fellow worker), bëhem partner i. (various references)

Arabic 

‏زوجة (consort, lady, squaw, wife, woman), ‏زوج قرين (companion, duo, hubby, husband, man, mate, pair, team, twosome), ‏زوج (consort, couple, dyad, espouse, give in marriage, husband, marry, pair, stud, wed), ‏رفيق (associate, billyboy, boy friend, brush, buddy, bully, chum, companion, compatriot, comrade, comradely, consort, escort, familiar, fellow, friend, helpmate, lenient, mate, pal, pard, playfellow, stool, vis a vis, yokefellow), ‏شارك (be shared, contribute, engage, enter, involve, join in, part, partake, participate, share, share in, sit in, spare one's life, take, take part), ‏شريك (associate, confederate, consort, copartner, silent partner). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съучастник (abettor, accessary, accessory, associate, bonnet, companion, confederate, co-participant, fellow, participator, party), съпруг (companion, consort, helpmate, hub, husband, man, mate, spouse), съдружник (affiliate, ally, associate, pard, sidekick), участник (actor, contributory, entrant, partaker, participant, participator), сдружавам (affiliate), контрагент (contracting party), партньор съм на, партньор, другар в живота, дама (checkers, chequers, draughts, gentlewoman, hopscotch, lady, picture card, queen). (various references)

Chinese 

伙伴 (sidekick), 伙 (assistant, furniture), 伴侶 (companion, mate), 對象 (boyfriend, girlfriend, object, target), 夥伴 (companion), 夥 (assistant, great, many, numerous), 合夥人 . (various references)

Czech

partner (associate, helpmeet, pal), udìlat spoleèníkem, spoleèník (associate, companion, fellow), spojit (bond, combine, conjoin, connect, join, joint, link, marry, merge, piece together, scarf, unite), úèastník (contender, contestant, entrant, participant, participator, party, privy). (various references)

Danish

selskabsdeltager (member), medlem (acolyte, limb, member, supporter), interessent (claimant, interested party, member, person entitled), deltager (adherent, member, participant). (various references)

Dutch

vennoot (member). (various references)

Esperanto

asociito, asociano. (various references)

Farsi 

یار (Adjunct, Adjutant, Billy, Buddy, Chummy, Friend, Helper, Helpmate, Mistress, Pal, Paramour, Playmate, Sweetheart, Turtledove, Yokefellow), همسر (Associate, Consort, Fere, Helpmate, Match, Mate, Spouse), همدست (Accomplice, Aid, Associate, Complier, Cooperator, Pal), انباز (Participant), شریک شدن یاکردن , شریک (Associate, Complier, Consort, Copartner, Half, Joint, Pal, Participant, Sharer, Yokefellow). (various references)

Finnish

osakas (part-owner, shareholder, stockholder). (various references)

French

partenaire (co partner), associé (silent partner). (various references)

German

Teilhaber (copartner, joint partner, participator), Partner (associate, companion, copartner, co-star, mate, mates, pard, pards), Teilnehmer (combatant, competitor, contestant, entrant, member of a party, Number of Participants, participant, participants, participator, starter, student, subscriber), Gesellschafter (associate, companion, escort, proprietor, shareholder), kompagnon (associate, buddy, chum, pal). (various references)

Greek 

καβαλιέροσ (escort), σύντροφοσ (associate, buddy, chum, companion, consort, crony, fellow, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, pal, sidekick, yokefellow), σύντροφος (companion, sidekick), συγχορευτήσ, συνέταιροσ (copartner, pard), συμμέτοχοσ (participant), ντάμα (checker, checkers, draughts, lady), παρτενέρ, εταίροσ (member), εταίρος (member), ταίρι (companion, counterpart, match, mate, peer), ομόρρυθμοσ εταίροσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

לשמש כשותף, שותף (ally, associate, co partner), פרטנר, בן תחרות (competitor), בן זוג (companion, counterpart, match, mate, spouse), בת זוג (consort, mate, spouse, wife). (various references)

Hungarian

részes, partner (bedfellow), üzlettárs (copartner, sidekick). (various references)

Indonesian

pasangan (counterpart, couple, duo, mate, pair), rekanan (friend, partnership, steady customer), engko (business associate). (various references)

Italian

socio (associate, companion, copartner, fellow, member), partner. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

伴侶 (companion). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

パートナー , なかま (associate, circle of friends, colleague, company, comrade, fellow, group, mate), あいぼう (accomplice, companion, pal), あいてやく (opposing role), あいて (addressee, companion, company, other party), はんりょ (companion). (various references)

Korean 

협동자. (various references)

Manx

sheshey (cohort, colleague, companion, consort, fellow, husband, match, mate, spouse), parteeas (interest payer), leggad (amour propre, beau, bequest, boy, boy sweetheart, endowment; sweetheart, legacy, Valentine, Valentine sweetheart), jannoo commeeys rish, ayrniagh (partaker, shareholder). (various references)

Pig Latin

artnerpay.(various references)

Portuguese

sócio (acolyte, associate, business associate, business partner, co-participant, copartner, member, sidekick, supporter), associado (affiliate, affiliated, associate, combined, companion, conjoint, conjunct, consolidated, co-participant, corporate, fellow traveller, incorporate, incorporated, joint, member, united). (various references)

Romanian

partener (Comrade, consociate, opposite number, pal), tovarãş de viaţã (mate), tovarãş (associate, brother, chum, companion, compeer, Comrade, Cully, fellow, friend, helpmate, mate, member, pal), soţie (consort, feme, goodwife, helpmate, rib, spouse, wife, yoke fellow), soţ (companion, consort, goodman, helpmate, hubby, husband, man, spouse, yoke fellow), juca cu, fi partenerul, face partener, face asociat, etambreu, dansa cu, asociat (associate, Comrade, conjunct, consociate, federate, member, related), alia (alloy, ally). (various references)

Russian 

партнер (copartner, junior partner, pard, pardner, playmate, sparrer). (various references)

Scottish

céile (companion, fellow, spouse). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

partner, parnjak (mate), učesnik (associate, entrant, partaker, participant, participator, privy), ortak (associate, bedfellow, buddy buddy, cohort, consort, fellow, mac, yokefellow, yokemate). (various references)

Spanish

socio (associate, business associate, cahoot, fellow, member, sidekick). (various references)

Swedish

kompanjon (associate, copartner), delägare (associate, copartner, part owner, part-owner), sällskap (assembly, association, college, company, crowd, lot, party, society), partner, kavaljer (cavalier, escort). (various references)

Turkish

partner, ortak olmak (associate, associate oneself, be a party to, become partners, club, club together, interest, make one, participate, share in), ortak etmek (associate), ortak (agreed, associate, collaborator, collective, common, conjunct, consociate, cooperator, copartner, dormant partner, fellow, identic, joint, mate, mutual, pard, party, privy, shareholder, sidekick, sympathetic), ortağı gibi davranmak, kavalye (cavalier, companion, squire), işbirlikçi (collaborationist, collaborator), hayat arkadaşı (better half, goodwife, spouse, yoke mate, yokefellow, yokemate), eş (better half, coequal, companion, compeer, consort, correspondent, corresponding, counterpart, couple, doublet, duplicate, dutch, equal, fellow, helpmate, helpmeet, husband, identic, identical, iso-, lady, like, match, matching, mate, old lady, old man, old woman, one of a pair, pair, Parti, placenta, spousal, spouse, the missis, the old woman, wife), dam (Dame, queen, roof). (various references)

Turkmen 

hyzmatdaю. (various references)

Ukrainian

учасник (affiliate, partaker, participant, privy), компаньйон (affiliate, associate, companion, pard), бути партнером, партнер (associate, playmate). (various references)

Vietnamese 

người cùng chung phần (part-owner). (various references)

mana. (various references)

comes, comite, comites, comitibus, comitum, conpar, conparis, conscium, conscius, consortia, consortio, consortium, particeps, sociam, sociis, socius. (various references)

parçener. (various references)

consort. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "partner": partnered, partnering, partnerless, partners, partnership, partnerships. (additional references)

Words ending with "partner": copartner. (additional references)

Words containing "partner": copartnered, copartnering, copartners, copartnership, copartnerships. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Partner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gartner, hartner, parentr, parna, parten, partener, Parter, partnet, partyer, patner, paytner, Pergnier, perter, Pietzner, Piratinera, porner, Porstner, Portinari, Portney, Porzner, Protner, Purner. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: arpent, enrapt, entrap, errant, parent, prater, ranter, trepan.

-2 letters: antre, apter, arpen, parer, paten, pater, peart, prate, raper, rater, reran, taper, tarre, terra.

-3 letters: ante, aper, earn, etna, nape, neap, near, neat, pane, pant, pare, parr, part, pate, pean, pear, peat, pent, pert, prat, rant, rape, rapt, rare, rate, reap, rear, rent, tape.

+1 letter: partners, pretrain, terrapin.

+2 letters: carpenter, carpentry, copartner, enrapture, partnered, prankster, pretorian, pretrains, procreant, repattern, terrapins, transpire, underpart.

+3 letters: carpenters, copartners, enraptured, enraptures, interparty, parenteral, partnering, parturient, perorating, peroration, personator, praetorian, pranksters, prefrontal, pretorians, pretrained, printmaker, pronatores, reparation, repatterns, transpired, transpires, underparts.

+4 letters: carpentered, carpentries, chiropteran, copartnered, counterpart, enrapturing, grandparent, impregnator, incorporate, interparish, neuropteran, orthopteran, partitioner, partnerless, partnership, parturients, paternoster, peregrinate, perforating, perforation, perorations, personators, platyrrhine, praetorians, prefrontals, preparation, preromantic, preterminal, pretraining, pretreating, printmakers, probationer, procreating, procreation, procrustean, proletarian, proteinuria, protuberant, reapportion, recapturing, recarpeting, reoperating, reoperation, reparations, repartition, repatterned, reprobating, reprobation, rerepeating, respiration, springwater, straphanger, superaltern, supernature, supertanker, trampoliner, transparent, transpierce, transponder, transported, transportee, transporter.