bride-to-be

1. 1.

   a woman who is engaged to be married

   Synonymsfiancee

   Broaderbetrothed

Questions about bride-to-be

What does bride-to-be mean?

bride-to-be means "a woman who is engaged to be married".

How many syllables are in bride-to-be?

bride-to-be has 3 syllables: bri-de--to-be. The stress falls on "bri".

What is another word for bride-to-be?

Close synonyms include fiancee. 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-to-be a common word?

bride-to-be is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.