WEDS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

weds

verb

Definition of weds next

present tense third-person singular of wed

as in marries

to give in marriage the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm

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as in mates

to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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as in couples

to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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as in espouses

to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of weds The film weds Jewish mysticism and slow-creeping horror with all the anxiety of new lesbian love. —

Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025 The new display weds the photonic chip with a 5- by 5-millimeter liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) panel, which has a resolution of 1,920 by 1,080 pixels. —

IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for weds

marries

Verb

In Alfred Hitchcock’s film Rebecca, wealthy widow Maxim de Winter marries again and moves his new bride to Manderley, his English country estate.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Use your natural diplomacy to propose a fair win, like choosing a playlist for the commute that marries the tastes of all passengers.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026