Marriage
Marriage noun - A union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people.
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Synonyms for Marriage
Shotgun wedding and marriage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shotgun wedding" instead a noun "Marriage".
Shotgun wedding
Marriage and shotgun wedding are semantically related. You can use "Marriage" instead a noun phrase "Shotgun wedding".
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Related pairs
- alliance and marriage
- alliance and shotgun wedding
- union and marriage
- union and shotgun wedding
- matrimony and marriage
- matrimony and shotgun wedding
- wedlock and marriage
- wedlock and shotgun wedding
- nuptials and marriage
- nuptials and shotgun wedding
- match and marriage
- match and shotgun wedding
- wedding and marriage
- wedding and shotgun wedding
Both terms in one sentence
- Extraordinarily Empowered Woman Fourth Date Marriage/Shotgun Wedding: Eleanor and the military officer she marries at the end of the series.
Source: Series / Bramwell -
In Rabbit is Rich by John Updike the protagonist Harry Rabbit Angstrom considers his college-age son Nelson's marriage to a pregnant girlfriend a shotgun wedding, though it isn't literally one.
Source: Shotgun Wedding - Nowadays, a "shotgun wedding" seldom involves actual firearms; the phrase is a euphemistic way to refer to any marriage that occurs upon learning that the bride is pregnant.
Source: Shotgun Wedding
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Shotgun wedding and Marriage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/marriage/shotgun_wedding
Marriage & Shotgun wedding. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/marriage/shotgun_wedding>.
Shotgun wedding or Marriage. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/marriage/shotgun_wedding.
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