Meanings
twosome1
- not comparablePerformed by two individuals.
a twosome dance
twosome2
plural twosomes
- A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.
1 more example
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 leafy glade.
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IIISynonyms: duet
- A dance for two people.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTwofold; double.
nounA group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.
More synonyms by meaning
nountwo items of the same kind
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
twosome · adjective
- Middle Englishtwosome
- Englishtwosome
From Middle English twosome, equivalent to two + -some. Cognate with Scots twasome, twaesome (“twosome”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →twosome · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Germanic*twai
- Proto-West Germanic*twai-
- Old Englishtwēġen
- Old Englishtwā
- Middle Englishtwo
- Englishtwo
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Germanic*samaz
- Englishtwosome
Translations
Bulgarian двойка
- двойка (dvojka)a group of two people; two individuals or components
Czech dvojice
- dvojicea group of two people; two individuals or components
Finnish duo
- duoa group of two people; two individuals or components
French couple
- couplea group of two people; two individuals or components
Māori tokorua, takirua
- tokoruaa group of two people; two individuals or components
- takiruaa group of two people; two individuals or components
Polish dwoje, dwójka
- dwojea group of two people; two individuals or components
- dwójkaa group of two people; two individuals or components
- paraa group of two people; two individuals or components
- dueta group of two people; two individuals or components
Russian дво́е, дво́йка
- дво́е (dvóje)a group of two people; two individuals or components
- дво́йка (dvójka)a group of two people; two individuals or components
- па́ра (pára)a group of two people; two individuals or components
- дуэ́т (duét)a group of two people; two individuals or components
Spanish pareja
- parejaa group of two people; two individuals or components
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with twosome
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twosome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twosome
“twosome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twosome. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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