wedlock

Other forms of wedlock

plural

wedlocks·

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 wedlock

What does wedlock mean?

wedlock means "the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)".

How many syllables are in wedlock?

wedlock has 2 syllables: wed-lock. The stress falls on "wed". In IPA it is /ˈwɛdˌlɑk/.

What is another word for wedlock?

Close synonyms include marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship. 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 wedlock a common word?

wedlock is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with wedlock?

16 words rhyme with wedlock. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.