Synonyms for wedding
ˈwɛd ɪŋwed·ding

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1. wedding

   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, marriage, matrimony, nuptials, spousal, spousals, union, 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.

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1. wedding

   Synonyms:
   espousals, marriage, nuptials

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1. wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymenealsnoun

   the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

   Synonyms:
   marriage ceremony, wedding ceremony, nuptials, marriage, wedding party, hymeneals

2. 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, marriage, wedding ceremony, matrimony, spousal relationship, nuptials, union

3. wedding, wedding partynoun

   a party of people at a wedding

   Synonyms:
   marriage ceremony, wedding ceremony, nuptials, marriage, wedding party, hymeneals

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1. weddingnoun

   Synonyms:
   marriage, nuptials, espousals, bridal, marriage ceremony, nuptial rites

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1. weddingnoun

   Synonyms:
   nuptials, marriage, espousals

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1. List of paraphrases for "wedding":

   marriage, wedlock, marriages, married, marry, matrimony, marie, weddings, honeymoon

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1. Julie Montagu:

   I had to wear a tiara to my wedding and it was a family tiara, … I’ve heard a lot of people say that they’re predicting she’s going to wear a British designer. I’m going to go out of the box. I think she’s going to wear an American designer, but then she’s going to have that British tiara on top of her head. That’s history right there, rooted on top of her, but she’s going to have that American designer all over her… She’s going to basically link the two together.

2. Mark Svensson:

   Because of all the support received from all over the U.S., we realized this journey is much bigger than a wedding.

3. Emily Jackson:

   I would have loved to have kept it, i was definitely bummed that I won’t be able to keep that or have a tangible artifact or anything like that from the wedding.

4. Evelyn Waugh:

   His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.

5. Matt Jacobi:

   We really wanted to give her something that she could enjoy, but also something that would be meaningful to her and somehow connected to the wedding she will be a part of.