Synonyms of matrimony

matrimony

noun

ˈma-trə-ˌmō-nē 

as in marriage

a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people

we intend to be joined in matrimony until "death do us part"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• marriage
• match
• wedlock
• relationship
• conjugality
• connubiality
• monogamy
• bigamy
• polygamy
• cohabitation
• engagement
• remarriage
• intermarriage
• miscegenation
• polygyny
• polyandry
• commitment
• proposal
• promise
• betrothal
• attachment
• mixed marriage
• civil union
• domestic partnership
• espousal
• pledge
• troth
• common-law marriage
• hand

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• divorce
• separation
• annulment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of matrimony

Both Liz and Kate are women who don’t want matrimony to be the be-all and end-all of their lives—and who therefore tend to sideline or overlook their partners. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Get ready for the summer wedding season with the Criterion Channel’s matrimony collection and today’s puzzle pairs. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 4 June 2026

Then there is the lifelong contentiousness with her mother, Marluce Martins Perry, a talented Brazilian artist who reluctantly traded her gifts and status for matrimony and child-rearing and resented her family in the wake of her decision. — A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 4 May 2026

Lucy works as a high-end matchmaker for New York’s elite while cooly observing that only a very wealthy husband will ever (to paraphrase Elizabeth Bennet) induce her into matrimony. — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026