newly-wed

A newly-wed couple smiles for a photograph in their garden.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who has recently married: "newly-wed" refers to an individual who has just entered into a marriage. It is often used in the plural form "newly-weds" to refer to a recently married couple.

Usage Examples

• (A man and woman who recently got married went to Paris for their honeymoon.)
• (The person who just got married received many presents.)
• (The recently married couple danced together at the party after the wedding.)

Advanced Usage

• "newly-wed bliss": the state of happiness and contentment experienced by a recently married couple.

  • They were still enjoying the newly-wed bliss, unaware of the challenges ahead. (They were very happy in the early days of marriage.)

• "newly-wed nerves": anxiety or nervousness felt by a person who has just gotten married.

  • She felt some newly-wed nerves when meeting her in-laws for the first time after the wedding. (She was anxious about meeting her spouse's family.)

Variants and Related Words

• Newly-weds (n, plural): a recently married couple.
  • The newly-weds bought their first house together. (The married couple bought a house.)
• Newly-married (adj): having recently gotten married.
  • They are a newly-married couple. (They recently married.)

Synonyms

• Bride: a woman on her wedding day or just after marriage.
• Groom: a man on his wedding day or just after marriage.
• Honeymooner: a person who is on a honeymoon (the holiday taken after a wedding).

Related Idioms

• "tie the knot": to get married.
  • They tied the knot last weekend. (They got married last weekend.)
• "walk down the aisle": to get married (referring to the wedding ceremony).
  • She walked down the aisle in a white dress. (She got married.)