MARRY Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

marry

verb

ˈmer-ē

Definition of marry

as in to wed

to perform the ceremony of marriage for they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them

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as in to match

to give in marriage the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters

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as in to remarry

to take as a spouse he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since

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as in to mate

to take a spouse she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong

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as in to combine

to come together to form a single unit white wine and chicken marry especially well

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Recent Examples of marry Tenisha Warner, who married The Cosby Show actor in 2022, has filed two lawsuits against her mother-in-law, Pamela Warner, who serves as successor trustee of her late son’s Warner Family Trust. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026 The pair married in 2016, and Moore, a white British man, converted to Islam. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 July 2026 Butler joined the original series, which ran from 1974 to 1983, in season 6 as Almanzo Wilder, who later married Gilbert’s character. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026 Warner and his wife married on May 23, 2022 and signed a prenuptial agreement on May 15 of that year, according to the suit. — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for marry

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In novels such as Thousand Cranes and The Master of Go, Yasunari Kawabata wedded stream-of-consciousness to classical forms of ritual and performance, modeling rapid Japanese westernization through stories that overlay the ancient and the modern.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
The resulting book, a deliberately meandering account of her Steel City sojourn, weds memoir, travelogue, philosophical rumination and journalistic investigation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of wed

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The tally is low because catching one is painstaking work, requiring sequencing the genomes of both the tumor and the host and showing the two do not match, which almost no one does in wild animals.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
There are rugs that don’t match, random seating arrangements, a haphazard collection of coolers, televisions, wine racks, murals and board games, a tiny stage here, a slightly larger one there.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026

Definition of match

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The sterile male flies mated with fertile female flies, but the interactions didn’t produce offspring, decreasing the overall fly population.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
Bucks will regrow their antlers every year ahead of mating season, and then shed them during the late winter, after mating season is over, the university stated on its website.

— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 July 2026

Definition of mate

Verb

The heat, the humidity, and the mile-high altitude of Mexico City would combine to create a tournament of bad football.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Ease on the power (there are five levels of assist), and the ride improves as the pedals combine with the rear hub, which is nearly silent at lower settings and emits only a slight whir at full power.

— William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of combine

Verb

Now, Sedalia is connected via major highways 50 and 65, which Imhauser said brings in a huge amount of traffic.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is another vital shipping chokepoint, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Definition of connect

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Johnathan Duncan, who represents the 6th Council District and previously served as a community organizer for KC Tenants, proposed the ordinance.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Paramount is expected to ask for a November trial, while the state attorney generals are proposing a 2027 start date.

— Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of propose

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