groom-to-be

1. 1.

   a man who is engaged to be married

   Synonymsfiance

   Broaderbetrothed

Questions about groom-to-be

What does groom-to-be mean?

groom-to-be means "a man who is engaged to be married".

How many syllables are in groom-to-be?

groom-to-be has 2 syllables: groom--to-be. The stress falls on "groom-".

What is another word for groom-to-be?

Close synonyms include fiance. 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 groom-to-be a common word?

groom-to-be is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.