marrying

VERB

become husband and wife in legal ceremony

Synonyms

STRONGEST

catch join wed

STRONG

ally associate bond combine conjoin conjugate contract couple espouse knit land link match mate merge pledge promise relate tie unify unite yoke

WEAK

become one drop anchor get hitched get married lead to altar one plight one's troth settle down take vows tie the knot walk down aisle

Antonyms

STRONGEST

divide separate

STRONG

break detach disconnect disjoin dissociate divorce fail loosen lose part uncouple unfasten

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marrying

That would be her first acting gig since the end of “Suits” and marrying into the royal family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Thorny will do anything to keep Farva from marrying into his family, which is admittedly one of the easier campaigns for an audience to get behind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

He is marrying the chief of staff to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and lives in a San Francisco mansion not far from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Cher and Sonny were together for more than a decade, tying the knot in an unofficial ceremony in 1964, when she was just 17, before legally marrying in 1969.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

"Personally I would imagine that to be the sole advantage of marrying a widower," said Amelia Robinson.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman