Synonyms of espoused

espoused 1 of 2

adjective

as in married

Related Words

• married
• matched
• wedded
• conjugal
• marital
• matrimonial
• mated
• nuptial
• bridal
• pledged
• connubial
• prenuptial
• committed
• spousal
• engaged
• promised
• betrothed
• wifely
• affianced

espoused

2 of 2

verb

past tense of espouse

1

as in matched

to give in marriage

a couple eager to espouse their eldest daughter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• married
• matched
• wedded
• committed
• engaged
• promised
• pledged
• betrothed
• affianced

2

as in wedded

to take as a spouse

heeded his father's advice to espouse someone with whom he had common interests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• married
• wedded
• proposed
• promised
• pledged
• engaged
• committed
• betrothed
• affianced
• remarried

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separated (from)
• divorced

3

as in borrowed

to take for one's own use (something originated by another)

after working among them for two years in the Peace Corps, she felt compelled to espouse the peasants' cause for social justice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• borrowed
• adopted
• embraced
• cultivated
• followed
• assimilated
• took up
• utilized
• took on
• used
• incorporated
• copied
• picked up on
• imitated
• appropriated
• quoted
• absorbed
• usurped
• cherished
• honored
• naturalized
• fostered
• took over
• treasured
• heeded
• assumed
• prized
• nurtured
• raised
• domesticated
• pretended
• reared
• arrogated
• affected
• brought up
• simulated
• put on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandoned
• relinquished
• surrendered
• forsook
• gave up
• rejected
• disowned
• abjured
• renounced
• repudiated
• spurned
• discarded
• jettisoned
• abnegated
• threw out
• threw away
• junked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of espoused

Adjective

Notably, though, many Americans—regardless of party—espoused evolving views on the nature of America’s relationships with China, Canada and Mexico, its top three trading partners. —Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2026

Verb

Next, Hathaway espoused the importance of hair and makeup to the crowd before asking Wintour to once again reveal the nominees. —Sam Reed, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2026

Overall, the study participants who saw the biased AI text shifted their positions toward those espoused by the AI. —Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026

Racial profiling is virtually a stated part of the department’s strategy, and ad campaigns have openly espoused white-nationalist rhetoric and talking points. —Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026

No matter what agenda the president espoused—the economic pragmatism of Rafsanjani, the liberal aspirations of Mohammad Khatami, the populist provocations of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nuclear diplomacy of Hassan Rouhani—Khamenei emasculated him. —Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026

He's found success as a media personality by posting news and political commentary, which has espoused various conspiracy theories. —USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026

After Dylann Roof massacred nine African American worshippers at Charleston’s Emmanuel AME Church in 2015, he was found to have espoused white supremacist ideas and posted a photo of the Confederate battle flag on his website. —Jennifer Murray, The Conversation, 18 Feb. 2026

Assad, a member of the Alawite religious minority, officially espoused a secular ideology. —ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026

Many of the tenets that 18th-century Shaker movement founder Ann Lee espoused hundreds of years ago could well enlighten today’s not-always-inclusive culture, says Amanda Seyfried. —Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026