Meanings
nounnewlywed (plural newlyweds)
plural newlyweds · alternative newly wed · alternative newly-wed
- A recently married person.
The state where most intermarriages took place was Hawaii, where more than four in 10 newlyweds (42.4%) were intermarried.
2012 February 16, Ashley Hayes, “Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2017
adjectivenewlywed (not comparable)
alternative newly wed · alternative newly-wed
- not comparableRecently married.
White/Asian newlywed couples had significantly higher median combined annual earnings, at $70,592, than any other pairing.
2012 February 16, Ashley Hayes, “Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2017Synonyms: newlywedded
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRecently married.
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek νεόγαμος
- νεόγαμος (neógamos)recently married
Basque ezkonberri
- ezkonberria recently married person — see also newlyweds
Catalan noucasat, noucasada
- noucasata recently married person — see also newlyweds
- noucasadaa recently married person — see also newlyweds
- noucasatrecently married
Chinese Mandarin 新人, 新婚
- 新人 (xīnrén)a recently married person — see also newlyweds
- 新婚 (xīnhūn)recently married
Dutch pas getrouwd stel, pasgetrouwd
- pas getrouwd stela recently married person — see also newlyweds
- pasgetrouwdrecently married
Esperanto novedzo
- novedzoa recently married person — see also newlyweds
Finnish vastanainut, vastanainut
- vastanainuta recently married person — see also newlyweds
- vastanainutrecently married
German Neuvermählter, Neuvermählte
- Neuvermähltera recently married person — see also newlyweds
- Neuvermähltea recently married person — see also newlyweds
- neuvermähltrecently married
Greek νιόπαντρος, νεόνυμφος
- νιόπαντρος (niópantros)a recently married person — see also newlyweds
- νεόνυμφος (neónymfos)a recently married person — see also newlyweds
- νιόπαντρος (niópantros)recently married
- νεόνυμφος (neónymfos)recently married
- νεοπαντρεμένος (neopantreménos)recently married
Hindi नवविवाहित, नवविवाहित
- नवविवाहित (navvivāhit)a recently married person — see also newlyweds
- नवविवाहित (navvivāhit)recently married
Hungarian friss házas
- friss házasa recently married person — see also newlyweds
Irish nuaphósta
- nuaphóstarecently married
Italian neosposo, neosposa
- neosposoa recently married person — see also newlyweds
- neosposaa recently married person — see also newlyweds
Japanese 新婚夫婦, 新婚
- 新婚夫婦 (shinkon fūfu)a recently married person — see also newlyweds
- 新婚 (shinkon)recently married
Korean 신혼부부, 신혼
- 신혼부부 (sinhonbubu)a recently married person — see also newlyweds
- 신혼 (sinhon)recently married
Norwegian nygift
- nygiftrecently married
Polish nowożeniec, nowo poślubiony
- nowożenieca recently married person — see also newlyweds
- nowo poślubionyrecently married
Portuguese recém-casado, recém-casada
- recém-casadoa recently married person — see also newlyweds
- recém-casadaa recently married person — see also newlyweds
Russian молодожёны, новобра́чные
- молодожёны (molodožóny)a recently married person — see also newlyweds
- новобра́чные (novobráčnyje)a recently married person — see also newlyweds
- новобра́чный (novobráčnyj)recently married
Spanish recién casado, recientemente casado
- recién casadoa recently married person — see also newlyweds
- recientemente casadoa recently married person — see also newlyweds
- recién casadaa recently married person — see also newlyweds
- recientemente casadaa recently married person — see also newlyweds
- desposadoa recently married person — see also newlyweds
- esposadoa recently married person — see also newlyweds
- desposadorecently married
- esposadorecently married
- recién / recientemente casadorecently married
Swedish nygift
- nygiftrecently married
Tagalog kabaiyoan
- kabaiyoana recently married person — see also newlyweds
Turkish yeni evli, yeni gelin
- yeni evlia recently married person — see also newlyweds
- yeni gelina recently married person — see also newlyweds
- yeni damata recently married person — see also newlyweds
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APA
newlywed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newlywed
MLA
“newlywed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newlywed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newlywed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newlywed.
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