marriage: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with M · ends with E
Meaning of marriage
noun
- countable, uncountable
The state of being married.
Example: You should enter marriage for love.
- countable, uncountable
A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities.
- countable, sometimes, specifically, uncountable
A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities. The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.
Example: My grandparents' marriage lasted for forty years.
- countable, often, specifically, uncountable
A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities. The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
Listed forms: marriages, mariage.
Source: Wiktionary — marriage.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for marriage.
noun
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
noun
two people who are married to each other
- married couple
- man and wife
noun
the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
- wedding
- marriage ceremony
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is marriage in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of marriage
M(3) + A(1) + R(1) + R(1) + I(1) + A(1) + G(2) + E(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of marriage
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from marriage
81 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in marriage. Showing up to 24, longest first.