WEDDING
Dictionary entry overview: What does wedding mean?
• WEDDING (noun)
The noun WEDDING has 3 senses:
1. the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
2. the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
3. a party of people at a wedding
Familiarity information: WEDDING used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• WEDDING (noun)
Meaning:
The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
hymeneals; nuptials; wedding; wedding ceremony
Hypernyms ("wedding" is a kind of...):
ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)
Meaning:
The act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
marriage ceremony; wedding; marriage
Context example:
their marriage was conducted in the chapel
Hypernyms ("wedding" is a kind of...):
rite; ritual (any customary observance or practice)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wedding"):
bridal; espousal (archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast)
civil marriage (a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman)
love match (a marriage for love's sake; not an arranged marriage)
remarriage (the act of marrying again)
Meaning:
A party of people at a wedding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
wedding party; wedding
Hypernyms ("wedding" is a kind of...):
party (a group of people gathered together for pleasure)
Meronyms (members of "wedding"):
groomsman (a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding)
bridegroom; groom (a man participant in his own marriage ceremony)
flower girl (a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession)
bridesmaid; maid of honor (an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding)
bride (a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony)
best man (the principal groomsman at a wedding)
trainbearer (one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion)
