other half

noun

1

: a group of people who are not like someone because they are either very rich or very poor

—used in the phrase how the other half lives

They won a million dollars and, for a few years, got to see how the other half lives.

2

chiefly British, old-fashioned + humorous : a person's wife or husband

I don't believe we have anything planned for that night, but let me check with my other half.

Examples of other half in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The knowledge that his other half had a wife and kids awakened a part of Dylan’s Innie that had been buried under a pile of perks. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025

And there’s a whole other half of the movie having to do with Franz Rogowski. —Joe Reid, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024

The male golden retriever was captured doing his best to avoid eye contact with his owner's other half during a short video clip shared to TikTok under @riegel.twins3. —David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025

Jack Bech is determined to live that reality for himself and his other half. —Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for other half

• autograph
• biograph
• cenotaph
• chronograph
• epigraph
• epitaph
• hodograph
• holograph
• hydrograph
• lithograph
• micrograph
• monograph