polygamynoun [ U ]
uk/pəˈlɪɡ.ə.mi/us/pəˈlɪɡ.ə.mi/the fact or custom of being married to more than one person at the same time
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
- adulteress
- affinal
- as husband and wife idiom
- be an item idiom
- be shacked up idiom
- hear wedding bells idiom
- hitched
- honest
- husband
- intermarriage
- marriage counseling
- marriage equality
- marriage guidance
- marriageable
- marry
- marry in haste, repent at leisure idiom
- shack up
- something
- together
- wedlock
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polygamist
noun [ C ] uk/pəˈlɪɡ.ə.mɪst/us/pəˈlɪɡ.ə.mɪst/
polygamous
adjective uk/pəˈlɪɡ.ə.məs/us/pəˈlɪɡ.ə.məs/
a polygamous society