bride

1. 1.

   a woman who has recently been married

   Broadernewlywed

   Narrowerwar bride
2. 2.

   Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)

   SynonymsBridgetSaint BridgetSt. BridgetBrigidSaint BrigidSt. BrigidSaint BrideSt. Bride

   Broaderabbesssaint
3. 3.

   a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony

   Broaderparticipant

   Part ofwedding

Other forms of bride

plural

brides·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bride

What does bride mean?

bride means "a woman who has recently been married". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bride?

bride has 1 syllable: bride. In IPA it is /ˈbɹaɪd/.

What is another word for bride?

Close synonyms include Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bride a common word?

bride is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.