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Synonyms for espouse

Most common

adopt defend support choose wed get married embrace

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

3. Embrace

embrace, sweep up

Other

couple

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To marry.

  2. v. 2

    To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).

Related words

Word family
espousal

Forms

Past participle
espoused
e.g. espoused → adopted, defended, supported, choosed…

Example sentences

  • choose It won't make any difference whichever you choose.
  • maintain Algeria is determined to maintain its sovereignty.
  • defend We should tell the children how to defend oneself.
  • adopt If you can't have children, you could always adopt.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
espouserising
chooserising
maintainsteady
defendsteady
adoptsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
wed1
4 letters
take1
5 letters
adopt2
6 letters
couple2, follow2, choose1, defend2
7 letters
support2, embrace2, conjoin2
8 letters
maintain2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (adopt2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
épouser
Español
desposar
Deutsch
heiraten