BRIDEGROOMS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

bridegrooms

noun

plural of bridegroom

as in grooms

a man who has just married or is about to be married the bride and bridegroom

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Recent Examples of bridegrooms This comes of not understanding that the tradition dated from a time when brides and bridegrooms were not expected to have close ties to those of the opposite gender. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026

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husbands

Noun

Brothers, husbands, mothers, children, grandparents—all were lost again and again in life, and then in death.

— Daniel Barnum, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2026
But tensions brew in this village that could be out of a Grimms’ fairy tale, with local women (like Elizabeth Debicki) getting jealous and starting to wonder if their own husbands are lacking.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026

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