All wedlock synonyms
wed·lock
W w noun wedlock
- matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
- marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- alliance — An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
- association — An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest.
- coupling — A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together.
- espousal — An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life.
- mating — a partner in marriage; spouse.
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- union — a township in NE New Jersey.
- wedding — the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials.
- conjugality — of, relating to, or characteristic of marriage: conjugal vows.
- connubiality — of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal: connubial love.
- spousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.