1
2
3
4
as in mated
to take a spouse
she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
5
as in combined
to come together to form a single unit
white wine and chicken marry especially well
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of married
Chad De Guzman, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
They were married in November 2022, and filed for divorce less than two years later in February 2024.
—James Factora, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
As far as the world knew when Nicole Kidman sat down for her cover story interview with Vogue, she and Keith Urban were happily married.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for married
Adjective
The younger Grijalva, who is married to a librarian and has three children, worked in the public sector for a while before running for Congress.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
They were married in November 2022, and filed for divorce less than two years later in February 2024.
—James Factora, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
The pair married in 1998, and have since shared the screen on multiple occasions.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
As far as the world knew when Nicole Kidman sat down for her cover story interview with Vogue, she and Keith Urban were happily married.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for married
Recent Examples of Synonyms for married
Adjective
-
Decades later, Tingle recognizes many of their marital issues likely stemmed from him being gay.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Oct. 2025
-
Generational conflict makes this tension worse where young people reject traditional marital expectations, but still feel the pressure to tie the knot, according to the study.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
One of my favorite books about the Constitution, by historian Michael Kammen, argues the paradox of Americans’ relationship to the Constitution is that people appear to be so wholly wedded to a document that so few have ever read for themselves.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Oct. 2025
-
The film weds Jewish mysticism and slow-creeping horror with all the anxiety of new lesbian love.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
The Rams matched the heavy personnel with six defensive linemen, four linebackers, and just one defensive back.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
-
Like Le Creuset’s cookware, this piece comes in multiple colors, and can be matched with other tools in the set.—
Dena Ogden,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
When asked about his top five rappers, dead or alive, Thug listed 2Pac, Drake, Wale and Big Sean (combined as one), Kanye West, and Lil Wayne.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
9 Oct. 2025
-
In a cruel irony, the chaos of homelessness that forces people to prioritize survival, combined with health conditions such as physical disabilities, dementia or serious mental illness, often collude to prevent patients from engaging with the very systems that could end their homelessness.—
Sarah Stella,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
The power plant, working on E25 fuels, is mated to a sequential six-speed constant-mesh gearbox managed by the driver through steering-wheel paddles.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
-
One of the males then mated with the female for 63 seconds, before the second male did the same, lasting 47 seconds.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Chamarri Connor committed a defensive pass interference to put the ball on the 1-yard line.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
-
Ratcliffe committed £50m of his own money to transform Carrington, but funding, particularly for a proposal of this scale, will be tight.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
Taylor was famously engaged 10 times and married seven different men in eight weddings.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
-
The project engaged Collective Artists Network’s Galleri5 studio, where creative teams used AI technology to construct the epic’s world and dramatize its legendary conflicts and ethical questions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
So began a campaign that fused blunt political messaging with bighearted moving images—a sensibility not unlike that of Nair’s films.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
-
This fused the two together, creating the unstoppable Chainsaw Man.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Married.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/married. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share