marriage

noun

1 a proposal of marriage:

matrimony, holy matrimony, wedlock, married state, conjugal bond, civil partnership.

2 the marriage took place at St Margaret's Church:

wedding, wedding ceremony, marriage ceremony, nuptials, union;

informal big day;

archaic espousal.

▷antonyms divorce, splitting up.

3 the piece is a marriage of jazz, pop, and gospel:

union, alliance, fusion, amalgamation, combination, affiliation, association, connection, coupling, merger, unification;

informal hook-up.

▷antonyms sundering, separation.

word links	marriage
marital, matrimonial, nuptial, conjugal, connubial, spousal relating to marriage gamophobia fear of marriage gamomania obsession with marriage

marriage Oxford Dictionary of English