Antonyms for marriage
ˈmær ɪdʒmar·riage

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1. marriagenoun

   Antonyms:
   divorce

   Synonyms:
   matrimony, wedding

2. marriagenoun

   The state of being married.

   You should enter marriage for love.

   Antonyms:
   divorce

   Synonyms:
   wedding, matrimony

3. marriagenoun

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

   Antonyms:
   divorce

   Synonyms:
   wedding, matrimony

4. marriagenoun

   A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.

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

   Antonyms:
   divorce

   Synonyms:
   wedding, matrimony

5. marriagenoun

   A close union.

   Antonyms:
   divorce

   Synonyms:
   matrimony, wedding

6. marriagenoun

   A joining of two parts.

   Antonyms:
   divorce

   Synonyms:
   matrimony, wedding

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.

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

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

   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

   Antonyms:
   celibacy, virginity

   Synonyms:
   nuptials, matrimony, espousals, wedding, wedlock

Matched Categories

1. • Family
   • Law
   • Marital Status
   • Union

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

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

1. marriagenoun

   Antonyms:
   celibacy, divorce, bachelorhood, maidenhood

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

   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

How to use marriage in a sentence?

1. Don McGannon:

   There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage.

2. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell:

   Therefore, there is not yet a legal requirement for officials to issue marriage licenses or perform marriages for same-sex couples in Louisiana. The Attorney General's Office will be watching for the Court to issue a mandate or order making today's decision final and effective and will issue a statement when that occurs.

3. Ingrid Weir:

   To be clear: I am not anti-marriage. I am anti-marrying-people-who-suck-at-life-and-will-suck-the-life-out-of-you.

4. Tony Perkins:

   These elected leaders effectively endorsed government discrimination against individuals and nonprofits simply for believing in marriage between a man and a woman, no person or nonprofit should lose tax exempt status, face disqualification, lose a professional license or be punished by the government simply for believing what President Obama believed just three years ago – that marriage is the union of a man and a woman.

5. David Edwards:

   People generally think of marriage as being a romantic engagement, but it also is a business relationship.

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