BRIDES Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

brides

noun

plural of bride

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a woman who has just married or is about to be married a new bride the mother of the bride

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Recent Examples of brides The twist is, the would-be brides and grooms must hand total control of their love lives to their families. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 The color gives off a soft, romantic vibe—perfect for those brides who are marrying around Valentine’s Day. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026 In pursuit of this, brides are breaking up with barely-there styling. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 But that situation, which may have sent some new brides into a spiral, did not shake Barbara. — Genevieve Uzamere, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 Newspaper ads for brides were normalized and proliferated in 19th century America. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 That group, early on, looked for equity in the pages of the Arkansas Gazette's society section, urging the publication to feature Black brides, who had previously been denied photos on the section front. — Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026 This comes of not understanding that the tradition dated from a time when brides and bridegrooms were not expected to have close ties to those of the opposite gender. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026 Some brides may also have a personal tie to their pearl jewelry. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 24 Aug. 2026

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The Islamic Scholarship Fund, New York production and post house Lost in Space, and Aneesa Talks, which filmmaker Aneesa Khan founded to support South Asian and Muslim creatives, have also signed on as partners.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Toyota plans to provide research access through the University of Michigan Electric Vehicle Center, allowing other research partners to use its battery testing and evaluation capabilities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

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Becca and Renee Good were not legally married, according to a family lawyer, but referred to one another as wives.

— Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
But in 2020, the Nevada Supreme Court overruled the convictions — arguing that jurors shouldn’t have been allowed to hear information about Randolph’s previous wives, including Gault, and his time in prison.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026

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