proposal

Examples

• All

• I expect a proposal any day.

  Little Women (1994)

• What can I say to a man whose proposal I turned down?

  Fiction book (2000)

• I just want to save up money in order to get the dream ring, the dream proposal, and it's going to come.

• And all of a sudden, this marriage proposal just shows up.

  cari can read

• To be fair, that was not a very romantic proposal.

  The Unbreakable Boy (2025)

• What I want is not some grand occasion or a surprise proposal.

  Body So Fluorescent (2020)

• I'll have you know, I've already had two marriage proposals today.

  Just Like Heaven (2005)

• For Sonia comes a proposal of marriage from a good man, who knows her every failing.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I am eagerly awaiting your response to our marriage proposal, Your Excellency.

  For Love (2021)

• He finally mustered the courage to present his proposal to her during their romantic dinner.

Synonyms

Q

question

vsproposal

• Archaic

40 7.8

A request to marry someone

is the neutral, standard term rather than casual or slang speech

M

marriage proposal

vsproposal

13 2.2

To ask someone to become your husband or wife

is the general act of asking someone to become your spouse

P

proposal of marriage

vsproposal

2 2.5

To ask someone to marry you

is the general act rather than a specific single event

M

marriage offer

vsproposal

1 3.0

To ask someone to become your husband or wife

focuses on the act of asking rather than long term intent

Antonyms

R

refusal

122 1.4

An act of saying you will not accept or agree to something

Compounds

M

marriage proposal

13 2.2

To ask someone to become your husband or wife

P

proposal of marriage

2 2.5

To ask someone to marry you

M

modest proposal

2 5.3

A small, careful suggestion for a simple plan

How Elaborate

proposal

44 2.9

to request

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology