WED Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

wed

verb

ˈwed

Definition of wed next

as in to marry

to give in marriage the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm

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as in to mate

to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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as in to tie the knot

to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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as in to espouse

to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of wed Planning your wedding comes with many logistics that can be easily overlooked—but one of the most essential, yet often forgotten, components is wedding transportation. —

Shelby Wax, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2026 Sheeran wedded his childhood friend and former schoolmate, Cherry Seaborn, in 2019, and the happy couple have two kids. —

Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2026 Yet, even as India remains wedded to the dirtiest fossil fuel, its coal consumption is roughly 40% of China’s at the same stage of development, Ember found. —

Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026 The encyclopedia’s format remains wedded to the information-dense, text-heavy style of Encyclopaedia Britannica—the very model Wikipedia was designed to replace. —

IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wed

marry

Verb

Because my brother asked me for permission to ask his girlfriend to marry him during our wedding weekend.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
The film opens in silence, with Hamlet going straight from observing his father’s dead body to discovering that Claudius has decided to marry his mother (Sheeba Chaddha), and the actor’s mute bewilderment has genuine shock and power.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026