MARRIAGES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

marriages

noun

plural of marriage

as in relationships

a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people some religions consider marriage a sacrament

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a ceremony in which two people are united in matrimony just a small group of family and friends have been invited to witness the marriage

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Noun

The researchers also demonstrated that the chip could measure information contained in phase relationships that intensity-only measurements would miss.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
The Massachusetts cities of Somerville and Cambridge several years ago became the first to explicitly allow multi-partner relationships to register with the city.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of relationships

Noun

Some were traveling to funerals, weddings and family reunions that the poet laureate commemorated in a poem written in minutes.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
He is often called on by friends and others for things joyful (weddings) and sorrowful (funerals).

— Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of weddings

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That money was brought in largely by the 680,000 visitors that parachuted into KC for the four international teams that held base camps here, and of course the six matches at Arrowhead Stadium.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
But World Cup momentum drove results across linear TV and streamer ViX in Mexico, where TelevisaUnivision had rights to the matches.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026

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