marry

Fetched 2026-10-27 (live).

Synonyms: tarry, carry, parry, merry, harry, narry, mardy, mary, barry, marra, marro

Antonyms: tarry, carry, parry, merry, harry, narry, mardy, mary, barry, marra, marro

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.
- I forfeited my inheritance and married outside my parents' faith.
To enter into marriage with one another.
- Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.
To take as husband or wife.
- In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.
To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
- He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.
To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place.
- A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.
- His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.
To acquire by marriage.
- I wanted to marry wealth and power, and got both.
To join or connect. See also marry up.
- There’s a big gap here. These two parts don’t marry properly.
- I can’t connect it, because the plug doesn’t marry with the socket.
To unite; to join together into a close union.
- The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.
To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wiktionary) · cached copy, not a rewrite.