MARRYING Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

marrying

verb

present participle of marry

as in connecting

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 wedding

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

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as in remarrying

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 mating

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

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as in combining

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

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Recent Examples of marrying Establishment Democrats, too, are taking a victory lap, marrying Platner’s anti-establishment ethos with his personal transgressions. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 15 July 2026 The 61-year-old supermodel stunned in a plunging sheer gown while marrying Jeff Goldstein in Italy on July 3. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 15 July 2026 The original 67-member royal household shrank to 16, a contraction exacerbated by the requirement that female members must leave the imperial family after marrying a commoner. — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 Finally, Lauren Sánchez Bezos has more recently entered the spotlight, having taken on more philanthropic work and responsibility since marrying Bezos in 2025. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 14 July 2026 The pair met at church in 2012 and later reconnected at a wedding before marrying in 2016. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 Some have expressed concerns about marrying CNN and CBS News after months of turmoil at CBS News since David Ellison hired journalist Bari Weiss as CBS News editor in chief. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 The tennis-playing royal is the patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, where Wimbledon is held, and has attended the tournament nearly every year since marrying Prince William in 2011. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026 But when thousands of people saw Kansas City’s Taylor Swift tribute artist dressed as a bride marrying a ringer for Travis Kelce, some did a double-take. — Lisa Gutierrez july 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

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The next section to the north, connecting through South Miami to the edge of Coral Gables, is virtually finished and set to officially open next month — though construction fencing is gone and people are already using it.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Chevron is exploring a pipeline connecting Iraq’s oil patch with the Mediterranean Sea via Syria.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 July 2026

Definition of connecting

Verb

On Friday, July 3, the mom of one and Next in Fashion host was in New York City celebrating friend Taylor Swift‘s wedding to Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden.

— Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
The event served as a precursor to their lavish 1,000-person wedding the next day, both of which were held at Madison Square Garden.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 6 July 2026

Definition of wedding

Verb

The proposal also lays out a set of lighter guidelines for battery energy storage centers, proposing a 100-foot distance from schools, houses, hospitals and the like, along with similar restrictions on lighting and noise.

— Ilana Arougheti July 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
In this case, after proposing the rule in December and receiving more than 30,000 comments, the administration is abandoning the rule.

— Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 13 July 2026

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The females and males that develop from the pupae end up mating, which leaves the males and females in the wild to continue mating and laying eggs.

— Alice Park, Time, 2 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, according to Mississippi State University.

— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Definition of mating

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Zhao said the controller even outperformed the software supplied by the robot’s manufacturer, demonstrating the value of combining machine-learning research with real-world robotics.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Customers order through Wonder’s app, combining dishes from multiple concepts in one transaction, with Wonder handling cooking and last‑mile delivery itself.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Definition of combining

Verb

Austria, under Ralf Rangnick, play fluid, relentless football but Jordan made a decent fist of their first World Cup match, creating nine chances despite having just 37 per cent possession and matching Austria’s 11 shot attempts.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2026
In the series of photos, Brooks, 30, showed off her wedding look — a matching pink halter and skirt set with pink bow pumps — and shared a grainy Polaroid picture of her and Hemsworth, 36.

— Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

Definition of matching

Verb

Unlike conventional power plants, fusion aims to generate electricity by fusing light atomic nuclei, producing large amounts of energy without carbon emissions during operation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Adrian, creative and energetic from childhood on—and raised in the presence of movie cameras—became a filmmaker himself, fusing a passion for extreme skiing with his cinematic sensibility.

— Marina Harss, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Definition of fusing

Verb

Kane went from penalty scorer to committing a foul that led to a Mexico penalty, kicking the leg of Brian Gutiérrez while trying to clear the ball.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Drop Shots 😱 A player in the girls’ singles was disqualified from her match after committing a cardinal Wimbledon sin.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of committing

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