| Main Entry: | betroth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | marry |
Synonyms: |
affiance, become engaged, bind, commit, contract, engage, espouse, give one's hand, make compact, plight faith, plight troth, promise, tie oneself to, vow |
Antonyms: |
divorce, leave, separate |
| Main Entry: | betrothed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | engaged |
Synonyms: |
affianced, committed, intended, spoken for |
| Main Entry: | betrothed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intended |
Synonyms: |
bride-to-be, fiancé, fiancée, groom-to-be, husband-to-be, wife-to-be |
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promise to marry |
Synonyms: |
affiance, agree, betroth, bind, catch, commit, contract, covenant, give one's word, guarantee, hook, obligate, oblige, pass, pledge, tie, troth, turn on, undertake, vouch, vow |
Antonyms: |
break off, break up |
| Main Entry: | engaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promised to be married |
Synonyms: |
affianced, asked for, betrothed, bound, committed, contracted, future, given one's word, going steady, hooked, intended, matched, pinned, pledged, plighted, ringed, spoken for, steady |
Antonyms: |
available, uninvolved |
| Main Entry: | espouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | marry |
Synonyms: |
betroth, catch, take as spouse, unite, wed |
Antonyms: |
divorce |
| Main Entry: | fiancé/fiancée |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person engaged to marry |
Synonyms: |
affianced person, betrothed, engaged person, future*, husband-to-be, intended, prospective spouse, steady*, wife-to-be |
| Main Entry: | intended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | engaged; destined |
Synonyms: |
accidentally on purpose, advised, affianced, aforethought, asked for, betrothed, calculated, contemplated, contracted, designed, expected, future, intentional, meant, pinned, planned, plighted, prearranged, predestined, predetermined, promised, proposed, set, steady |
| Main Entry: | matrimonial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | married |
Synonyms: |
betrothed, conjugal, connubial, engaged, epithalamic, espoused, marital, nuptial, spousal, wedded, wedding |
Antonyms: |
divorce |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give word that something will be done |
Synonyms: |
accede, affiance, affirm, agree, answer for, assent, asservate, assure, bargain, betroth, bind, commit, compact, consent, contract, covenant, cross heart, declare, engage, ensure, espouse, guarantee, hock, insure, live up to, mortgage, obligate, pass, pawn, pledge, plight, profess, say so, secure, stipulate, string along, subscribe, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, take an oath, undertake, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant |
Antonyms: |
break, renege |