monogamous C2 Topic:Law & Government US /məˈnɑɡəməs/ UK /məˈnɒɡəməs/ See IPA manual Freq #25513 Meanings 1 adj (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate Monogamous marriage. 2 adj Involving marriage to one person at a time. Suppose, for example, that if polygamy were legal, 10 percent of adult men would take an average of three wives apiece and that all remaining marriages would be monogamous. 3 adj Characterized by mutual sexual and romantic exclusively. 4 adj Exclusively engaging in mutually exclusive sexual/romantic partnership. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms monogamishmonogamouslymonogamousnessnonmonogamoustrinogamous Related forms monogamypolygamous Common collocations monogamous marriage Adjective + noun Etymology From mono- + -gamous. Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # monogamous **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /məˈnɑɡəməs/ **IPA (UK):** /məˈnɒɡəməs/ **Frequency rank:** 25513 ## Meanings 1. (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate 2. Involving marriage to one person at a time. 3. Characterized by mutual sexual and romantic exclusively. 4. Exclusively engaging in mutually exclusive sexual/romantic partnership. ## Examples - Monogamous marriage. - Suppose, for example, that if polygamy were legal, 10 percent of adult men would take an average of three wives apiece and that all remaining marriages would be monogamous. ## Derived Forms - monogamish - monogamously - monogamousness - nonmonogamous - trinogamous ## Related Forms - monogamy - polygamous ## Etymology From mono- + -gamous. ## Topics - Law & Government markdown