Synonyms of wedlock

wedlock

noun

ˈwed-ˌläk 

as in marriage

a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people

joined the happy couple in holy wedlock

Synonyms & Similar Words

• marriage
• matrimony
• match
• relationship
• conjugality
• connubiality
• monogamy
• bigamy
• polygamy
• cohabitation
• remarriage
• intermarriage
• miscegenation
• polygyny
• engagement
• polyandry
• commitment
• betrothal
• promise
• mixed marriage
• proposal
• civil union
• domestic partnership
• pledge
• attachment
• espousal
• troth
• common-law marriage
• hand

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• divorce
• separation
• annulment

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of wedlock

So, Leonardo is this gay man born out of wedlock who is the greatest painter of all time in some people’s minds. —Addie Morfoot, Variety, 23 June 2024

That case, which alleged that Mr. Khan hid the existence of a child born out of wedlock, has been dismissed. —Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024

The first came from a doorman at a Trump building who had heard a false rumor that Mr. Trump had fathered a child out of wedlock. —William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 30 May 2024

His company paid $30,000 for the rights to a false story that Trump had fathered a child out of wedlock, and $150,000 to purchase the rights to former Playboy model Karen McDougal's allegations of a months-long affair with Trump, which Trump denies. —Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 20 May 2024