wedding-guest

A wedding-guest smiles as the newlyweds cut the cake.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who attends a wedding ceremony: "wedding-guest" refers to an individual invited to and present at a marriage celebration, typically as a friend, family member, or acquaintance of the couple.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Every wedding-guest received a small gift as a token of appreciation. (Each person attending the wedding got a thank-you present.)
  • The wedding-guest list included over one hundred people. (The list of invited attendees contained more than a hundred individuals.)
  • She was a wedding-guest at her cousin’s marriage last weekend. (She attended the marriage ceremony of her cousin.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be a wedding-guest": to attend a wedding as an invited participant.
  • He was a wedding-guest at three different ceremonies this summer. (He attended three weddings as an invited person.)

Variants and Related Words

• Wedding (noun): the ceremony of marriage.
  • The wedding was held in a beautiful garden. (The marriage ceremony took place outdoors.)
• Guest (noun): a person who is invited to an event or to stay in someone's home.
  • The guest of honor arrived late. (The most important invited person came after the scheduled time.)
• Wedding-crasher (noun): a person who attends a wedding without being invited.
  • A wedding-crasher was escorted out by security. (An uninvited person was removed from the ceremony.)

Synonyms

• Attendee: a person who is present at an event.
  • The wedding attendees included many old friends. (The people present at the wedding included many long-time friends.)
• Invitee: a person who has been invited to an event.
  • All invitees were asked to RSVP by the end of the month. (All invited people were requested to respond with their attendance.)

Related Idioms

• "a wedding-guest's smile": a polite but forced expression of happiness, often used in formal contexts.
  • He wore a wedding-guest's smile throughout the long ceremony. (He smiled politely but without genuine emotion during the lengthy event.)

Phrasal Verbs

• Guest out (rare): to leave an event as a guest (not a standard phrasal verb, but used informally).
  • They guested out early to avoid traffic. (They left the wedding as guests early to avoid traffic.)