Synonyms of matrimony

matrimony

noun

ˈma-trə-ˌmō-nē 

as in marriage

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

we intend to be joined in matrimony until "death do us part"

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• divorce
• separation
• annulment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of matrimony

The film combines two oft-inharmonious worlds – one of matrimony, motherhood and the responsibilities of a vast career, the other a sharply contrasting, carefree life of untethered personal expression. —Holly Jones, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024

These trends bookend the growing list of traditions surrounding matrimony, filling in the gaps at the other end of the journey and bringing a little bit of the $70 billion wedding industry to the modern divorce. —Whizy Kim, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024

Yet Gracia, encouraged by the priests to suffer in imitation of Christ and for the promise of eternal afterlife, resolved to stay in disharmonious matrimony with Tadaoki. —Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024

Cott argues that although many Americans view matrimony as a religious affair, historical records show that it is best understood as a social, legal, and civil institution. —Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 28 Apr. 2015