wedding

noun

wed·​ding ˈwe-diŋ 

often attributive

1

: a marriage ceremony usually with its accompanying festivities : nuptials

2

: an act, process, or instance of joining in close association

3

: a wedding anniversary or its celebration

a golden wedding

Synonyms of wedding

• marriage

Examples of wedding in a Sentence

The wedding will be at 2:00 p.m.

the couple chose to have a garden wedding

Recent Examples on the Web

Right now, Amazon’s outlet includes easy cotton dresses for under $20, casual-to-formal shift dresses, and even wedding-ready dresses marked down by as much as 80 percent. —Aashna Gheewalla, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026

And people who are eager to lose extra weight — before a wedding or a vacation, for example — may choose to self-administer a higher-than-recommended dose, said Arthur Caplan, a bioethics professor at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine. —Maia Rosenfeld, NBC news, 29 May 2026

Comparatively, white cake is a go-to for more formal occasions like weddings or baby showers, where that bright color adds a more polished look. —Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 29 May 2026

Going into the finale, audiences knew that one of the brothers would not survive that fateful fight on Niall’s wedding day. —Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing wedding

• hear wedding bells
• wedding band
• wedding cake
• wedding march
• wedding party
• wedding rehearsal
• wedding ring
• white wedding

Rhymes for wedding

• bedding
• dreading
• heading
• shedding
• shredding
• sledding
• spreading
• threading
• treading
• beheading
• embedding
• homesteading

Kids Definition

wedding

noun

wed·​ding ˈwed-iŋ 

: a marriage ceremony usually with accompanying festivities : nuptials