to wed

Examples

• All

• We are gathered here today to wed these two lovely young people.

• I'll start the plans, for tomorrow we wed!

  Shrek (2001)

• But you two will be wed at once.

  Aladdin (1992)

• I will not wed another.

  Troy the Odyssey (2017)

• And if she accepts, we will wed before the month is out.

  Fiction book (2001)

• She's going on this little road trip to meet the Prince and be wed to him.

  readwithcindy

• His father objected, saying that his son should not wed below his station.

  Fiction book (2002)

• A year later, Emmett would wed Julia, a childhood sweetheart, and relocate to California.

  Death Alley (2021)

• The Frenchman Count Thibault of Malfete... shall wed Lady Rosalind, the daughter of our king.

  Just Visiting (2001)

• We are gathered here today to wed these two lovely young people.

Synonyms

M

to marry

vsto wed

∞ 1.0

To become someone's husband or wife in a ceremony

is more formal and stresses the ceremony aspect

G

to get married

vsto wed

∞ 1.0

To officially become someone's husband or wife

stresses the formal ceremony rather than legal joining

T

to tie the knot

vsto wed

• Informal

26 3.1

To get married and begin life together as a couple

is a formal description suited to ceremony contexts

S

to splice

vsto wed

• Archaic

1 7.9

Get married in a ceremony

is the formal term used for official wedding ceremonies

G

to get hitched with

vsto wed

• Informal

7.3

Marry someone, often in a small informal ceremony

is the formal word used in official marriage ceremonies

Antonyms

D

divorce

963 2.9

An official ending of a marriage by a court

S

to separate

481 2.9

To move apart or stop being together

Surface Forms

Etymology