Meanings
nounsoulmate (plural soulmates)
plural soulmates · alternative soul mate
- Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.
Finding your wonderful soulmate is very similar to the process of sowing a seed and nurturing it into a beautiful blossoming plant.
2012, Ulli Springett, Tara Springett, Soulmate Relationships: How to find, keep and understand your perfect partner, Hachette UK, →ISBN1 more example
I'm all over the place, I can't sit in one place / I'm not ashamed at all / Still findin' myself, let alone a soulmate, I'm just sayin'
2015, “Jungle”, in If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, performed by Drake
Origin
From soul + mate. First attested as soul-mate in an 1822 letter by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Not in common usage before the 1980s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَوْأَم رُوح
- تَوْأَم رُوح (tawʔam rūḥ)Someone with whom one has a special connection
Bulgarian сродна душа
- сродна душа (srodna duša)Someone with whom one has a special connection
Chinese Mandarin 靈魂伴侶 /灵魂伴侣
- 靈魂伴侶 /灵魂伴侣 (línghúnbànlǚ)Someone with whom one has a special connection
Czech spřízněná duše
- spřízněná dušeSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Dutch soulmate, zielsverwant
- soulmateSomeone with whom one has a special connection
- zielsverwantSomeone with whom one has a special connection
- geestverwantSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Esperanto intimulo, intimulino
- intimuloSomeone with whom one has a special connection
- intimulinoSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Finnish henkiystävä, sielunkumppani
- henkiystäväSomeone with whom one has a special connection
- sielunkumppaniSomeone with whom one has a special connection
French âme sœur
- âme sœurSomeone with whom one has a special connection
German Seelenverwandter, Seelenverwandte
- SeelenverwandterSomeone with whom one has a special connection
- SeelenverwandteSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Greek αδελφή ψυχή
- αδελφή ψυχή (adelfí psychí)Someone with whom one has a special connection
Hungarian lelki társ
- lelki társSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Irish anamchara
- anamcharaSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Italian anima gemella
- anima gemellaSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Korean 천생연분
- 천생연분 (cheonsaeng'yeonbun)Someone with whom one has a special connection
Māori kare-ā-roto
- kare-ā-rotoSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Polish bratnia dusza, pokrewna dusza
- bratnia duszaSomeone with whom one has a special connection
- pokrewna duszaSomeone with whom one has a special connection
- przyjazna duszaSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Portuguese alma gémea, alma gêmea
- alma gémeaSomeone with whom one has a special connection
- alma gêmeaSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Russian задуше́вный друг, задуше́вная подру́га
- задуше́вный друг (zadušévnyj drug)Someone with whom one has a special connection
- задуше́вная подру́га (zadušévnaja podrúga)Someone with whom one has a special connection
- единомы́шленник (jedinomýšlennik)Someone with whom one has a special connection
- друг се́рдца (drug sérdca)Someone with whom one has a special connection
- подру́га се́рдца (podrúga sérdca)Someone with whom one has a special connection
- ро́дственная душа́ (ródstvennaja dušá)Someone with whom one has a special connection
Slovak spriaznená duša
- spriaznená dušaSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Spanish alma gemela
- alma gemelaSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Swedish själsfrände
- själsfrändeSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Thai เนื้อคู่
- เนื้อคู่ (nʉ́ʉa-kûu)Someone with whom one has a special connection
Turkish ruhsal eş, ruh ikizi
- ruhsal eşSomeone with whom one has a special connection
- ruh ikiziSomeone with whom one has a special connection
Ukrainian друг, по́друга
- друг (druh)Someone with whom one has a special connection
- по́друга (pódruha)Someone with whom one has a special connection
- двійни́к (dvijnýk)Someone with whom one has a special connection
- дві́йка (dvíjka)Someone with whom one has a special connection
Vietnamese bạn tri âm, tri kỉ
- bạn tri âmSomeone with whom one has a special connection
- tri kỉSomeone with whom one has a special connection
- bạn tri kỉSomeone with whom one has a special connection
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Cite this entry
APA
soulmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soulmate
MLA
“soulmate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soulmate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soulmate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soulmate.
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