WED Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

wed

verb

ˈwed

Definition of wed

as in to marry

to give in marriage the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm

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as in to mate

to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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as in to tie the knot

to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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as in to espouse

to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of wed Her power of creation and transformation is not wedded to motherhood but her own intelligence and desires. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 July 2026 In novels such as Thousand Cranes and The Master of Go, Yasunari Kawabata wedded stream-of-consciousness to classical forms of ritual and performance, modeling rapid Japanese westernization through stories that overlay the ancient and the modern. — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 But even at a family wedding the king and queen could not escape their royal responsibilities. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Don’t feel wedded to chocolate chips and walnuts if those aren’t your favorites. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for wed

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marry

Verb

Helen Cathcart If anything, the couple, who met while living in West Hollywood and have been married for more than a decade, had to be restrained rather than encouraged with bold design decisions.

— Amira Hashish, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026
The vision of a utopian domestic future took a strange turn during the Cold War, marrying the breathless excitement of the space age with the existential dread of nuclear annihilation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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