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newlywed

newlywed

62 2.0
A person who has recently married
  • noun
  • /ˈnuːliˌwɛd/
translation icon : recién casado
  • Monica sits in the waiting area and eavesdrops on the interview with the newlywed couple.
  • a newlywed couple

Then there are a table of two like Americans, like newlyweds who are on their honeymoon.

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Examples

  • After the ceremony, the newlyweds received many gifts from their friends and family.

  • Well, for the first five days, Calvin and I were like newlyweds.

  • Well I was on holiday as a newlywed with my husband in Canada and we were staying with our in laws.

  • "I was just a newlywed when he came to live with us, you know.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • We are newlyweds that are just starting out.

  • Then the newlyweds will dance.

  • "We were newlyweds and still did things like that to each other.

  • Twenty years ago, she urged the newlyweds to come back and visit.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • OK, let's get a snap of the newlyweds.

  • We have special rates and amenities for couples and newlyweds.

Synonyms

honeymooner
vsnewlywed
7 2.5

A person who recently married and is on a holiday after their wedding

is any person recently married regardless of being on holiday

Antonyms

733 1.0

Not married and not in a romantic relationship

1.8

No longer married because a court ended the marriage

Surface Forms

newlywed singular
newlyweds plural

Morphology

newlywed = newly + wed (transparent) = newly + wed

Clear combination of the adverb 'newly' (recently) modifying 'wed' (married), yielding 'recently married'.

Etymology

The word newlywed comes from newly ('recent') and wed ('to marry'), the same root as wedding, so a newlywed is someone who has 'recently married'.