marriage of convenience

Questions about marriage of convenience

What is the opposite of marriage of convenience?

WordNet records no antonym for marriage of convenience. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for marriage of convenience come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of marriage of convenience

• Full entry for marriage of convenienceAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for marriage of convenienceWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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