Synonyms of marrying

marrying

verb

present participle of marry

1

as in connecting

to perform the ceremony of marriage for

they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• connecting
• wedding
• mating
• matching
• uniting
• affiancing
• conjoining

2

as in wedding

to give in marriage

the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wedding
• matching
• committing
• promising
• espousing
• engaging
• pledging
• betrothing
• affiancing

3

as in remarrying

to take as a spouse

he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remarrying
• wedding
• proposing
• engaging
• espousing
• promising
• betrothing
• committing
• pledging
• affiancing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• divorcing
• separating (from)

4

as in mating

to take a spouse

she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remarrying
• mating
• wedding
• tying the knot
• coupling
• pairing off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separating
• divorcing

5

as in combining

to come together to form a single unit

white wine and chicken marry especially well

Synonyms & Similar Words

• combining
• fusing
• connecting
• uniting
• joining
• coupling
• unifying
• associating
• conjoining
• coalescing
• conjugating
• linking (up)
• mating
• yoking
• interfusing
• allying
• reuniting
• compounding
• rejoining
• splicing
• reconnecting
• assembling
• confederating
• chaining
• clustering
• hooking
• hitching
• meeting
• recombining
• congregating
• convening
• leaguing
• gathering
• reunifying
• constellating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• splitting
• separating
• severing
• parting
• dividing
• divorcing
• sectioning
• resolving
• isolating
• breaking up
• disconnecting
• detaching
• dissociating
• fractionating
• sundering
• uncoupling
• unlinking
• dissevering
• dispersing
• scattering
• disbanding
• disuniting
• disjoining
• disaffiliating
• disjointing
• unyoking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of marrying

There were proven elite offensive voices out there, like former Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, who’d proven adept at marrying the running game with explosive pass plays. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Travis Kelce is back, fresh off marrying Taylor Swift in the offseason. — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Blacknell said Linton called her sister and talked about possibly marrying the actor Will Smith and picking up her niece for school in the moments before the wreck. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins are our latest obsession, marrying unsweetened cocoa powder with cinnamon, light brown sugar, and plenty of shredded zucchini. — Torie Cox, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2026

However, the end of their relationship was never depicted onscreen — instead, Stanford is shown marrying Anthony (Mario Cantone) in the 2010 film Sex and the City 2. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2026

After John launched his solo career in 1970, marrying Ono the year before, John and Yoko released the transcendent record, Double Fantasy, in 1980, the final album before Lennon’s tragic murder. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026

The former couple had broken up in 1955, as Margaret weighed losing her royal income and claim to the throne against marrying Townsend (a commoner and divorcé). — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026

The idea of marrying Netflix-like simplicity with the premium content everyone already watched wasn’t novel. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026