Better be half hanged than ill wed.
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Wed
//ˈwɛd//
Synonyms for "wed" (146 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (73)
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Adjective(1 words)
Verb(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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4 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
1 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
10 entriesTranslations
122 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَزَوَّجَ verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Armenian
2 entries- ամուսնանալ verb (intransitive: to take a spouse)
- ամուսնացնել verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Bulgarian
3 entries- бракосъчетавам verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- женя се verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- омъжвам се verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
Burmese
2 entries- မင်္ဂလာဆောင် verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- လက်ထပ် verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Catalan
3 entries- dc. noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- esposar verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- esposar verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 結婚 /结婚 verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Czech
1 entries- st noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
Danish
4 entries- ons noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- gifte sig verb (intransitive: to take a spouse)
- gifte sig med verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- vie verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Estonian
1 entries- K noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
Finnish
4 entries- ke noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- avioitua verb (intransitive: to take a spouse)
- avioitua jonkun kanssa verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- mennä naimisiin verb (intransitive: to take a spouse)
French
3 entries- mer. noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- marier verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- épouser verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
German
4 entries- Mi. noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- Mit. noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- Mittw. noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- heiraten verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
Greek
2 entries- παντρεύομαι verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- παντρεύω verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Hindi
1 entries- बुध noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
Hungarian
4 entries- egybekel verb (reciprocal: to take each other as a spouse)
- elvesz verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- esket verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- esküszik verb (reciprocal: to take each other as a spouse)
Italian
2 entries- sposare verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- sposare verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
Japanese
4 entries- 水 noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- 水曜 noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- 娶る verb (intransitive: to take a spouse)
- 結婚する verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Korean
1 entries- 수 noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
Latin
4 entries- maritō verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- maritō verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- maritō verb (intransitive: to take a spouse)
- nūbō verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Macedonian
4 entries- венчава verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- жени verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- мажи verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- се венчава verb (intransitive: to take a spouse)
Norwegian
4 entries- ekte verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- ektevie verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- gifte seg med verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- vie verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ons noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- gifte seg verb (intransitive: to take a spouse)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ons noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
Occitan
3 entries- casar verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- esposar verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- maridar verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Old English
1 entries- ǣwnian verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Persian
3 entries- ازدواج verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- زناشویی verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- پیوند verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Portuguese
4 entries- qua noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- casar verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- casar verb (intransitive: to take a spouse)
- casar com verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
Romanian
4 entries- cununa verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- căsători verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- mărita verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- însura verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
Russian
4 entries- брать в жёны verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- взять в жёны verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
- вы́йти за́муж verb (intransitive: to take a spouse)
- вы́йти за́муж за verb (transitive: to take as one's spouse)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Dic noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
Spanish
4 entries- miér. noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- casar verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
- casarse verb (intransitive: to take a spouse)
- casarse verb (reciprocal: to take each other as a spouse)
Swahili
1 entries- Jtn noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
Tagalog
1 entries- Miyer. noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
Vietnamese
2 entries- T4 noun (abbreviation of Wednesday)
- cưới verb (to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
He informed him that the nuptials would take place in the autumn, and gave him his right hand in confirmation of his promise that Chloe should wed no other suitor.
Source: tatoeba (6213255)
I will never wed man without the consent of my parents, yet neither force nor persuasion shall dispose of my hand till you renounce the right I have given you to it.
Source: tatoeba (7760636)
I don't want to wed again.
Source: tatoeba (8466225)
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