hymeneals

1. 1.

   the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

   Synonymsweddingwedding ceremonynuptials

   Broaderceremony

Other forms of hymeneals

plural

hymenealses·

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 hymeneals

What does hymeneals mean?

hymeneals means "the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed".

How many syllables are in hymeneals?

hymeneals has 4 syllables: hy-me-ne-als. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for hymeneals?

Close synonyms include wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials. 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 hymeneals a common word?

hymeneals 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.