Meaning

2 senses

  1. A person who is engaged to be married.

  2. A person who lives with a romantic partner without being married.

Origin

From nearly + wed, modeled on newlywed.

From nearly + wed, modeled on newlywed.

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Forms

plural: nearlyweds
Singularnearlywed
Pluralnearlyweds

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nearernearestnearlyA2neatB2neatly
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