What are some opposite words for marry?

Antonyms for marry
ˈmær imar·ry

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. marryverb

    Antonyms:
    divorce

    Synonyms:
    get married, wed

  2. marryverb

    To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

    Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.

    Antonyms:
    divorce

    Synonyms:
    wed, get married

  3. marryverb

    To be joined to (someone) as spouse according to law or custom.

    Antonyms:
    divorce

    Synonyms:
    get married, wed

  4. marryverb

    To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife or husband.

    Antonyms:
    divorce

    Synonyms:
    get married, wed

  5. marryverb

    To take for husband or wife.

    In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.

    Antonyms:
    divorce

    Synonyms:
    get married, wed

  6. marryverb

    Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.

    The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.

    Antonyms:
    divorce

    Synonyms:
    get married, wed

  7. marryverb

    To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses, ostensibly for life; to constitute a marital union according to the laws or customs of the place.

    A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.

    Synonyms:
    get married, wed

    Antonyms:
    divorce

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouseverb

    take in marriage

    Synonyms:
    follow, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse, conjoin, wed, tie, sweep up, adopt, join, get married, splice, embrace

  2. marry, wed, tie, spliceverb

    perform a marriage ceremony

    "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"

    Synonyms:
    link, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse, conjoin, wed, tie, connect, attach, bond, link up, draw, get married, splice, bind

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. marryverb

    Synonyms:
    wed, espouse

How to use marry in a sentence?

  1. Dalil Masaud:

    Women marry you for your qualities and divorce due to your defaults...

  2. TLHAKA TLHANKANE:

    Most people live sad lives because they have they have succeeded in designing and perfecting a path to sorrow thinking they are building a road to happiness. I will be happy if I befriend or even marry this rich fool, if I buy this worthless tool, if I sit on this corrupted stool, if I drown and kill myself in a debt pool, if I wear this dirty wool, if I ride on this dangerous bull.

  3. Dennis Quaid:

    Special Screening at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on October 20, 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo by Marco Garcia/Getty Images for Lionsgate Entertainment) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The Sharks singer revealed he waited for the perfect sunset while the pair were visitingTurtle Bay in Oahu to pop the question. She was actually taking a selfie of us, and I put the ring in front and said, Will you marry me? And then she fell down.

  4. Charlize Theron:

    It was a relationship, for sure. We were definitely exclusive, but it was for barely a year, we never moved in. I was never going to marry Howard Stern. It was nothing like that.

  5. Robertson Davies:

    As A general rule, people marry most hapily with their own kind. The trouble lies in the fact that people usually marry at an age where they do not really know what their own kind is.

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