Another word for marriage | Synonyms for marriage

Another word for marriage

marriage Synonyms

marriage

n.

The act of marrying
wedding, espousal, spousal, nuptials, pledging, mating; see also ceremony 2, sacrament.
Antonyms divorce*, separation, annulment.
The state following marriage
matrimony, conjugality, nuptial tie, nuptial knot, union, match, connubiality, wedlock, wedded state, wedded bliss, holy matrimony.
Antonyms chastity*, bachelorhood, spinsterhood.
A close union
intimacy, compatibility, comradeship, alliance; see friendship 1.

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Another word for marriage

noun

The state of being united as husband and wife:
conjugality, connubiality, matrimony, wedlock. See marriage
The act or ceremony by which two people become husband and wife:
bridal, espousal, nuptial (often used in plural), spousal (often used in plural), wedding. See marriage

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Would he think she was pressuring him into marriage now?
For the first time, the idea of marriage crossed her mind.
If the purpose of food is nourishment and the purpose of marriage is the family, the whole question resolves itself into not eating more than one can digest, and not having more wives or husbands than are needed for the family--that is, one wife or one husband.
She didn't want to jump into marriage with a man she hardly knew, but she didn't want to chance loosing him, either.
In the first place the marriage was not a brilliant one as regards birth, wealth, or rank.

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