Definitions

wed

[wed] / wɛd /

VERB

marry

Synonyms

STRONG

couple espouse join tie unite

WEAK

be married become husband and wife get hitched get married lead to the altar make one receive in marriage say I do take in marriage tie the knot

Antonyms

STRONG

disconnect disjoin divide separate

WEAK

divorce

VERB

join, unite

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dedicate marry

STRONG

ally associate blend coalesce combine commingle connect couple fuse interweave link merge relate unify yoke

WEAK

cojoin

Antonyms

STRONG

disconnect disjoin dissociate divide part separate

WEAK

divorce

Example Sentences

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But if, like many, you’re not wed to a particular candidate, what then?

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Nor, I imagine, would it include real estate that one spouse owned before they wed.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Alex, from Liverpool, and her husband Jonathan, 43, knew it was where they wanted to wed.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

They even pledged, before they wed, that they would one day trace their forebears’ journeys together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“Done and done,” muttered Mully, “and a good thing. They’re wed and I’m half-froze.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin