married

/ˈmɛrid/

/ˈmærid/

Other forms: marrieds; marriedly

Married people are legally committed to each other — they're joined in marriage, or wedded. Even though you may feel emotionally committed to your mate, you need to legally tie the know to be considered married.

A married couple has made an official, legal agreement to be partners. If your many brothers and sisters are all married, it means you have a lot of sisters- and brothers-in-law (the spouses of your siblings). You can also use married to describe things that have something to do with marriage: "Those two are the picture of married bliss." The Latin root of married is maritare, "to wed or to marry."

Definitions of married

1. adjective

   joined in matrimony
   “a married man”

   “a married couple”

   synonyms:

   joined, united

   of or relating to two people who are married to each other

   mated

   of or relating to a marriage partner

   ringed

   wearing a wedding ring; lawfully married

   wed, wedded

   having been taken in marriage

   antonyms:

   unmarried

   not married or related to the unmarried state

   divorced

   of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved

   mateless

   of someone who has no marriage partner

   unwed, unwedded

   of someone who has not been married

   widowed

   single because of death of the spouse

   unmated

   not mated sexually
2. adjective

   of or relating to the state of marriage
   “married bliss”

   synonyms: marital, matrimonial
3. noun

   a person who is married
   “we invited several young marrieds”

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being