Entry Word: marriage

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people <some religions consider marriage a sacrament>

Synonyms match, matrimony, wedlock

Related Words bigamy, monogamy, polygamy; intermarriage, miscegenation, remarriage; attachment, commitment, relationship; betrothal, engagement, espousal, hand, pledge, promise, proposal, troth

Near Antonyms annulment, divorce, separation

2 a ceremony in which two people are united in matrimony <we've been invited to a marriage next month> — see wedding