Thesaurus:marry

Thesaurus

marry

English

Verb

Sense: to take as one's spouse

Synonyms

• bewed
• conjoin
• couple
• espouse
• handfast
• hitch (slang)
• join    [⇒ thesaurus]
• marry
• splice (slang)
• spouse    [⇒ thesaurus] (dated)
• wed

Antonyms

• divorce
• separate    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• wife (slang, African-American Vernacular)
• wive

See also

• Thesaurus:get married (intransitive)

Further reading

• “903. marriage” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “marry” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.