| Main Entry: | marriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal joining of two people; a union |
Synonyms: |
alliance, amalgamation, association, confederation, conjugality, connubiality, consortium, coupling, espousal, holy matrimony, link, match, mating, matrimony, merger, monogamy, nuptials, pledging, sacrament, spousal, tie, tie that binds, wedded bliss, wedded state, wedding, wedding bells, wedding ceremony, wedlock |
Antonyms: |
divorce |
| 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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| Concept: | Marriage. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
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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); 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); tie the nuptial knot; give away, give away in marriage; seal; ally, affiance; betroth (promise); 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 |
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| 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, confederation, congruity, conjunction, connection, consanguinity, cooperation, engagement, entente, federation, fraternization, friendship, interrelation, kinship, league, marriage, matrimony, membership, mutuality, pact, participation, partnership, relation, support, tie, treaty, union |
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antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, estrangement, hostility, rebellion, separation, war |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association, relation |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, affinity, attachment, connection, connective, friendship, hookup, interrelationship, liaison, link, marriage, network, obligation, relationship, restraint, tie, tie-in, union |
| Main Entry: | connection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that communicates, relates |
Synonyms: |
affinity, application, association, bearing, bond, commerce, communication, correlation, correspondence, intercourse, interrelation, kinship, link, marriage, nexus, partnership, reciprocity, relation, relationship, relevance, tie-in, togetherness |
| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | couple |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, alliance, combination, duet, espousal, marriage, mating, pair, pairing, partnership, union |
Antonyms: |
mismatch |
| Main Entry: | matrimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being joined in marriage |
Synonyms: |
alliance, bells, conjugality, connubiality, marital rites, marriage, match, nuptials, shotgun wedding, union, wedding, wedding bells, wedding ceremony, wedlock |
Antonyms: |
divorce |
| Main Entry: | nuptials |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | marriage ceremony |
Synonyms: |
bridal, espousal, marriage, matrimony, spousal, wedding |
Antonyms: |
divorce |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's word that something will be done |
Synonyms: |
affiance, affirmation, agreement, asseveration, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, sacred word, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
Antonyms: |
break, renege |