MARRIED Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈmer-ēd

Definition of married

as in marital

of or relating to marriage a sermon on the joys and responsibilities of married love

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verb

past tense of marry

as in connected

to perform the ceremony of marriage for they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them

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as in committed

to give in marriage the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters

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as in remarried

to take as a spouse he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since

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as in mated

to take a spouse she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong

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as in combined

to come together to form a single unit white wine and chicken marry especially well

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Recent Examples of married

Adjective

Douglas and Zeta-Jones wed in 2000 and are still married today. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 While Hefner was married multiple times in real life, the character Biel will play is fictional. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Verb

There was high drama before Paramount married Warner Bros as to whether the sequel was bound for a green light. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026 Bakker, meanwhile, was released on parole in 1995 and married Lori in 1998. — Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for married

Recent Examples of Synonyms for married

Adjective

Additionally, the marital outcomes were self-reported, and other unmeasured differences between religious and non-religious respondents could have influenced the results.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Diana went on vacations to get away from her intense public life (and private marital toil).

— Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of marital

Verb

In several messages quoted in the ruling, Seaver allegedly threatened Nozell and other people connected to Parton’s estate.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
There are two main anchors, the North and South Pavilions, connected by a track almost three kilometers in length, twisting and turning between dunes and rock formations.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of connected

Verb

Last month, a court in The Hague, Netherlands, found former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders guilty of war crimes committed during the 1998-99 war for independence from Serbia.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Pike committed the murder over an intense romantic jealousy of Slemmer, who allegedly attempted to steal her boyfriend’s attention.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of committed

Verb

The actor was also previously married to ex-MLB pro David Justice and singer-actor Eric Benét and is currently engaged to musician Van Hunt.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Meaningful connection comes from being engaged, responsive and appropriately transparent, not from making every thought or feeling part of the conversation.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of engaged

Verb

Chiefs defensive back Jaden Hicks and Delane combined to make the tackle.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
When the pulses met at an angle of 45 degrees, their electric fields combined in a way that made the resulting light field oscillate in all three spatial directions.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of combined

Verb

With this convention, noir wedded its core theme, inescapable destiny, to the form of cinematic storytelling.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Chrome’s trashy, thrashy playing wedded the urgency of punk with devotion to older, sleazy rock ’n’ roll.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of wedded

Verb

His arrest came after a DNA sample submitted to the state crime lab by the State Bureau of Investigation and the Chapel Hill Police Department matched a profile found at the original crime scene, authorities said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
After Livsey's arrest, a routine cheek swab matched the DNA collected in the cold case investigation, officials said.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

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