Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Companion for life.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A companion for life.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

life +‎ mate

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word lifemate.

Examples

  • I refuse to think that everything in my life, from the choice of briefs to wear in the morning to my lifemate, is predetermined.

    real life, true love Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • I refuse to think that everything in my life, from the choice of briefs to wear in the morning to my lifemate, is predetermined.

    Archive 2004-07-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • (High-magister, for all your words, it seems to have escaped your grasp that this child is our daughter and granddaughter and great-granddaughter'the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of us all, as her lifemate was our son, our grandson, and our great-grandson.

    Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001

  • (High-magister, for all your words, it seems to have escaped your grasp that this child is our daughter and granddaughter and great-granddaughter'the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of us all, as her lifemate was our son, our grandson, and our great-grandson.

    Acorna's Search McCaffrey, Anne 2001

  • Oh boy oh boy will my ex-wife's "lifemate" be surprised when she sees all the positions and places we did it .... she'll be so jealous .... hehehehehe

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

  • Oh boy oh boy will my ex-wife's "lifemate" be surprised when she sees all the positions and places we did it .... she'll be so jealous .... hehehehehe

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

  • Oh boy oh boy will my ex-wife's "lifemate" be surprised when she sees all the positions and places we did it .... she'll be so jealous .... hehehehehe

    digg.com: Stories / Popular 2009

  • Mainly because the female is Carpathian and knows what it means to have a lifemate, so she's not struggling against her "lack of choice" so strongly.

    Mega Book Club! Nalini Singh 2009

  • One-Eye's death, his lifemate coping with it, and Leetah trying to bring him back made the story feel very real.

    Killing Characters asakiyume 2010

  • Not for the first time, Cairne counted his blessings that the Earth Mother and his lifemate, Tamaala, had given him such a gift in his son.

    The Shattering Christie Golden 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.