marrying
The word “marrying” has 3 syllables: mar-ry-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈmæriɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for marrying?
In the thesaurus, “marrying” has 48 synonyms and 26 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for marrying along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for marrying
- affiancing
- allying
- assembling
- associating
- betrothing
- chaining
- clustering
- coalescing
- combining
- committing
- compounding
- confederating
- congregating
- conjoining
- conjugating
- connecting
- constellating
- convening
- coupling
- engaging
- espousing
- fusing
- gathering
- hitching
- hooking
- interfusing
- joining
- leaguing
- matching
- mating
- meeting
- pairing off
- pledging
- promising
- proposing
- recombining
- reconnecting
- rejoining
- remarrying
- reunifying
- reuniting
- splicing
- tieing the knot
- tying the knot
- unifying
- uniting
- wedding
- yoking
Antonyms for marrying
- breaking up
- detaching
- disaffiliating
- disbanding
- disconnecting
- disjoining
- disjointing
- dispersing
- dissevering
- dissociating
- disuniting
- dividing
- divorcing
- fractionating
- isolating
- parting
- resolving
- scattering
- sectioning
- separating
- severing
- splitting
- sundering
- uncoupling
- unlinking
- unyoking
Meanings of marrying
- verb
- To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
- (in passive) To be joined to (someone) as spouse according to law or custom.
- To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
- To take as husband or wife.
- To unite; to join together into a close union.
- To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place.
- To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
- To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.
- noun
- A marriage.
Example Sentences
- She is marrying her college sweetheart this weekend.
- They believe that marrying young can lead to more challenges.
- He talked about marrying someone who shares his values.
- Marrying for love is ideal, but compatibility matters too.
- The movie tells the story of a woman marrying into royalty.
On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to marrying, such as: affiancing, allying, assembling, associating, betrothing, breaking up, chaining.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- treasury
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- weld
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- wiring
- yoke
- yoking
reaffixing
- allying
- assembling
- associating
- chaining
- clustering
- coalescing
- combining
- compounding
- confederating
- congregating
- conjoining
- conjugating
- connecting
- constellating
- convening
- coupling
- fusing
- gathering
- hitching
- hooking
- interfusing
- joining
- leaguing
- marrying
- mating
- meeting
- reattaching
- recombining
- reconnecting
- refastening
- refixing
- rejoining
- resecuring
- reunifying
- reuniting
- splicing
- unifying
- uniting
- yoking
wedding
- affiancing
- betrothing
- bridal
- committing
- conjoining
- connecting
- coupling
- engaging
- espousal
- espousing
- marriage
- marrying
- match
- matching
- mating
- matrimony
- pairing off
- pledging
- promising
- proposing
- remarrying
- tieing the knot
- tying the knot
- union
- uniting
- wedlock