Synonyms for marriage
ˈmær ɪdʒmar·riage

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1. marriagenoun

   Synonyms:
   matrimony, wedding

   Antonyms:
   divorce

2. marriagenoun

   The state of being married.

   You should enter marriage for love.

   Synonyms:
   wedding, matrimony

   Antonyms:
   divorce

3. marriagenoun

   The union of two (or sometimes more) people, usually to the exclusion of all others.

   Synonyms:
   wedding, matrimony

   Antonyms:
   divorce

4. marriagenoun

   A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.

   You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe.

   Synonyms:
   wedding, matrimony

   Antonyms:
   divorce

5. marriagenoun

   A close union.

   Synonyms:
   matrimony, wedding

   Antonyms:
   divorce

6. marriagenoun

   A joining of two parts.

   Synonyms:
   matrimony, wedding

   Antonyms:
   divorce

7. marriagenoun

   A king and a queen, when held as a hand in Texas hold 'em and some other card games.

   Synonyms:
   matrimony, wedding

   Antonyms:
   divorce

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marriage

   Matrimony denotes the state of those who are united in the relation of husband and wife; marriage denotes primarily the act of so uniting, but is extensively used for the state as well. Wedlock, a word of specific legal use, is the Saxon term for the state or relation denoted by matrimony. Wedding denotes the ceremony, with any attendant festivities, by which two persons are united as husband and wife, nuptials being the more formal and stately term to express the same idea.

   Synonyms:
   conjugal union, espousal, espousals, matrimony, nuptials, spousal, spousals, union, wedding, wedlock

   Antonyms:
   bachelorhood, celibacy, divorce, maidenhood, virginity, widowhood

   Preposition:
   Marriage of or between two persons; of one person to or with another; among the Greeks.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marriage

   Synonyms:
   nuptials, matrimony, espousals, wedding, wedlock

   Antonyms:
   celibacy, virginity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlocknoun

   the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

   "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"

   Synonyms:
   conjugation, pairing, conglutination, join, trades union, uniting, matrimony, unification, coupling, sum, spousal relationship, sexual union, trade union, union, man and wife, wedlock, marriage ceremony, mating, wedding, brotherhood, labor union, jointure, married couple

2. marriage, married couple, man and wifenoun

   two people who are married to each other

   "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love"

   Synonyms:
   married couple, marriage ceremony, wedlock, man and wife, wedding, matrimony, spousal relationship, union

3. marriage, wedding, marriage ceremonynoun

   the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony

   "their marriage was conducted in the chapel"

   Synonyms:
   married couple, marriage ceremony, wedlock, wedding party, hymeneals, man and wife, wedding, wedding ceremony, matrimony, spousal relationship, nuptials, union

4. marriagenoun

   a close and intimate union

   "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas"

   Synonyms:
   married couple, marriage ceremony, wedlock, man and wife, wedding, matrimony, spousal relationship, union

Matched Categories

1. • Family
   • Law
   • Marital Status
   • Union

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marriagenoun

   Synonyms:
   nuptials, wedding, espousals, spousals, nuptial rites

2. marriagenoun

   Synonyms:
   matrimony, wedlock

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marriagenoun

   Synonyms:
   matrimony, wedlock, wedding, nuptials, espousals, nuptial rites

   Antonyms:
   celibacy, divorce, bachelorhood, maidenhood

   Associated words:
   misogamy, misogamist, affiance, affianced, affinity, intermarriage, conjugality, misalliance, agamist, benedict, betroth, betrothal, desponsory, ante-nuptial, sponsal, hymeneal, schatchen, connubial, connubiality, fiancé, hymen, fiancée, troth, plight, nuptial, nuptiality, postnuptial, morganatic, banns, neogamist, matrimonial

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "marriage":

   wedding, marriages, wedlock, marital, matrimony, matrimonial, married, marry, weddings, marriageable, couple

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1. Andrew Schneider:

   Marriage. It's a hard term to define. Especially for me--I've ducked it like root canal. Still there's no denying the fact that marriage ranks right up there with birth and death as one of the three biggies in the human safari. It's the only one though that we'll celebrate with a conscious awareness. Very few of you remember your arrival and even fewer of you will attend your own funeral.

2. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:

   When you say 'the wrong side of history,' let's just be reminded that there's been a relatively, and I mean a very relative brief history of same-sex marriage. The overwhelming history is the natural law of marriage, biblical marriage, so I don't think there's a side of history that's overwhelming at this point. People have their opinions.

3. Errol Stambler:

   Should the marriage be legitimate, then there's nothing wrong with brokering a marriage, if in fact the marriage is fraudulent, then it should be a crime for everybody, not just the people who would be the alleged arrangers of the marriage.

4. Benjamin Franklin:

   Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

5. Mark Twain:

   Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.