Synonyms for wedding
Definitions
- n. 1
A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- weddings → bridals, matrimonies, espousals, marriages…
Choose the right word
Wedding denotes the ceremony, with any attendant festivities, by which two persons are united as husband and wife, nuptials being the more formal and stately term to express the same idea.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- bridal The bridal bouquet was made of roses and tulips.
- matrimony The critical period in matrimony is breakfast time.
- nuptials He said nothing about Jessica’s upcoming nuptials.
- marriage He intimated that all is not well in his marriage.
By length
- 6 letters
- bridal2, shaadi
- 8 letters
- marriage2, nuptials2, espousal
- 9 letters
- matrimony4, hymeneals
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bridal2 = 2 syllables).