WED Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

wed

verb

ˈwed

Definition of wed next

as in to marry

to give in marriage the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm

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as in to mate

to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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as in to tie the knot

to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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as in to espouse

to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of wed Braun told these hatchlings that they were too wedded to script, and needed to learn how to let sound tell the story. —

Literary Hub, 20 May 2026 The startup’s new partnership with Mastercard lets Rain target larger institutions who are already wedded to one payments network, Farooq Malik, cofounder and CEO, told Fortune. —

Ben Weiss, Fortune, 4 May 2026 Pressing aggressively, in the way that Arsenal did at the Etihad, won’t work every week because few teams will be as wedded to playing out from the back as City — something that was to the home side’s detriment on Sunday, when Gianluigi Donnarumma conceded a farcical goal. —

Stuart James, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta Located in Midtown, the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta weds an idyllic location with luxurious accommodations. —

Ellie Nan Storck, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wed

marry

Verb

The film often feels like a series of first takes that could have used more polishing to really hit, and Shankman only occasionally marries the spoof approach with quick, sharp filmmaking.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 9 June 2026
That’s the only thing anybody really knows for sure, considering how little information about their impending nuptials is out there, other than the fact that Swift and Kelce are indeed getting married… at some point… somewhere.

— Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 9 June 2026