marry

1 to perform the ceremony of marriage for <they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them> Synonyms wed Related Words match, mate; conjoin, connect, unite; affiance

2 to give in marriage <the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters> Synonyms espouse, match, wed Related Words commit, engage; affiance, betroth, pledge, promise

3 to take as a spouse <he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since> Synonyms espouse, wed Related Words affiance, betroth, commit, engage, pledge, promise, propose; remarry Near Antonyms separate (from) Antonyms divorce

4 to take a spouse <she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong> Synonyms wed Related Words couple, mate; pair off, remarry Phrases tie the knot Near Antonyms divorce, separate

5 to come together to form a single unit <white wine and chicken marry especially well> Synonyms associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), unite, unifyRelated Words mate, yoke; ally, confederate, league; chain, compound, hitch, hook, splice; assemble, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, gather, meet; recombine, reconnect, rejoin, reunify, reuniteNear Antonyms detach, disaffiliate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, fractionate, isolate, resolve, uncouple, unyoke; disband, disperse, scatterAntonyms break up, dissever, part, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink