premarital

Before the wedding

Premarital means before marriage: premarital sex, premarital counseling, a premarital agreement.

The word appears most often in discussions of sex or legal arrangements between couples planning to wed.

traditional

dowry

Marital property transfer

trousseau · chaperone · virginity · purity · customs · betrothal · courtship · kinship · lineage · auspicious

engagement

fiancé

Man pledged to marry

betrothal · engaged · commitment · promise · partner · pledge · vow · bond · intention · match

romance

courtship

Seeking another's romantic favor

attraction · infatuation · sweetheart · flirting · passion · affection · chemistry · wooing · suitor · beau

counseling

therapy

Curative mental treatment

compatibility · expectations · guidance · advice · conflict · resolution · goals · values · intimacy · finances

cohabitation

living together

Sharing a dwelling

roommates · lease · moving in · trial · arrangement · commitment · unmarried · sharing · residence · common-law

Opposites
temporal relation to marriage

premaritalpostmarital

After being wed

marital · postnuptial · conjugal · married · wedded

Phrases
Family

marriage, marry, marital, matrimony, matrimonial, extramarital, postmarital

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG