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| Main Entry: | marriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal joining of two people; a union |
| Synonyms: | alliance, association, link, match, matrimony, merger, nuptials, sacrament, tie, wedding, wedlock, amalgamation, confederation, conjugality, connubiality, consortium, coupling, espousal, holy matrimony, mating, monogamy, pledging, spousal, tie that binds, wedded bliss, wedded state, wedding bells, wedding ceremony |
| Antonyms: | divorce |
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| Main Entry: | marriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
affianced, affinal, antenuptial, apopemptoclinic, betrothed, bridal, conjugal, connubial, cornuted, desponsate, digamous, disespoused, dotal, eligible, endogamous, engaged, extramarital, hitched, horn, levirate, marital, maritorious, marriageable, married, married all over, matrimonial, morganatic, nubile, nuptial, one, one bone and one flesh, pentapopemptic, polyandrous, preternuptual, spousal, unmarried, uxorial, wedded
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-nouns
marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii, nuptial tie., married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation; the old ball and chain., match; betrothment (promise) [more]; wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal; espousals, spousals; leading to the altar; nuptial benediction, epithalamium; sealing., torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen; hymeneal altar; honeymoon., bridesmaid, bridesman; bride, bridegroom. married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife., feme, feme coverte; squaw, lady; matron, matronage, matronhood; man and wife; wedded pair, Darby and Joan; spiritual wife., monogamy, bigamy, digamy, deuterogamy, trigamy, polygamy; mormonism; levirate; spiritual wifery, spiritual wifeism; polyandrism; Turk, bluebeard., unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill-assorted marriage; mesalliance; marriage de convenance., marriage broker; matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial bureau; schatchen.
-verbs
marry, wive, take to oneself a wife; be married, be spliced; go off, pair off; wed, espouse, lead to the hymeneal altar, take "for better for worse," give one's hand to, bestow one's hand upon., marry, join, handfast; couple (unit) [more]; tie the nuptial knot; give away, give away in marriage; seal; ally, affiance; betroth (promise) [more]; publish the banns, bid the banns; be asked in church.
-adjectives
married; one, one bone and one flesh. marriageable, nubile., engaged, betrothed, affianced., matrimonial, marital, conjugal, connubial, wedded; nuptial, hymeneal, spousal, bridal.
-phrases
the gray mare the better horse; "a world-without-end bargain" [Love's Labor's Lost]; "marriages are made in Heaven" [Tennyson]; "render me worthy of
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| Antonyms: | celibacy (singleness); divorce |
| Main Entry: | alliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friendly association, agreement |
| Synonyms: | accord, affiliation, affinity, betrothal, bond, coalition, coherence, collaboration, collusion, combination, communion, compact, concord, concurrence, confederacy, congruity, conjunction, connection, consanguinity, cooperation, engagement, entente, federation, friendship, kinship, league, marriage, matrimony, membership, pact, participation, partnership, relation, support, tie, treaty, union, confederation, fraternization, interrelation, mutuality |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, discord, divorce, estrangement, hostility, rebellion, separation, war, disunion |
| Main Entry: | matrimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being joined in marriage |
| Synonyms: | alliance, marriage, match, nuptials, shotgun wedding*, union, wedding, wedlock, bells, conjugality, connubiality, marital rites, wedding bells, wedding ceremony |
| Antonyms: | divorce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nuptials |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | marriage ceremony |
| Synonyms: | bridal, marriage, matrimony, wedding, espousal, spousal |
| Antonyms: | divorce |
| Main Entry: | relationship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection; friendship |
| Synonyms: | accord, affair, affiliation, affinity, alliance, analogy, association, bond, communication, conjunction, consanguinity, contact, contingency, correlation, dependency, exchange, homogeneity, kinship, liaison, likeness, link, marriage, nearness, network, parallel, pertinence, proportion, rapport, ratio, relation, similarity, tie, appositeness, consociation, dependence, hookup, interconnection, interrelation, interrelationship, pertinency, relativity, relevance, tie-in, tie-up |
| Main Entry: | sacrament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rite |
| Synonyms: | baptism, celebration, ceremony, communion, confession, confirmation, custom, holy orders, liturgy, marriage, matrimony, oath, observance, practice, ritual, service, vow |
| Main Entry: | wedding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | marriage rite |
| Synonyms: | bridal, hook, marriage, matrimony, nuptials, union, wedlock, bells, espousal, marriage ceremony, nuptial rite, spousal |
| Antonyms: | divorce |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, agreement, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, affiance, asseveration, espousal, sacred word |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association, relation |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, affinity, attachment, connection, friendship, liaison, link, marriage, network, obligation, relationship, restraint, tie, union, connective, hookup, interrelationship, tie-in |
| Main Entry: | connection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that communicates, relates |
| Synonyms: | affinity, application, association, bearing, bond, commerce, communication, correlation, correspondence, intercourse, kinship, link, marriage, nexus, partnership, reciprocity, relation, relationship, togetherness, interrelation, relevance, tie-in |
| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | couple |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, combination, duet, marriage, pair, partnership, union, espousal, mating, pairing |
| Antonyms: | mismatch |
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