wedding bells
Nuptial tower sounds
Wedding bells are the church bells traditionally rung to celebrate a marriage ceremony.
The phrase often appears figuratively to suggest an impending or anticipated marriage: I hear wedding bells in your future, Those two have been dating for years—when will we hear wedding bells?
The image evokes the joyful announcement of a union.
Commitment to wed or attend
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- invitationRequest to attend
- betrothalFormal marriage agreement
- bride-to-beEngaged woman awaiting marriage
countdown · registry · planning · RSVP · announcement · banns · herald · tidings
Formal union between partners
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- spouseMarried partner
- husbandMarried man's role
- wifeFemale marriage partner
couple · newlyweds · partner · conjugal · nuptials · vows · fidelity · bond
Solemn binding promises
- altarSacred ritual table
- officiantCeremony presider
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
- recessionalClosing ceremony music
aisle · chapel · readings · liturgy · solemnization · bouquet · groomsmen · bridesmaids
Intense fond attachment
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- passionIntense emotional drive
- sweetheartAffectionate name for beloved
devotion · proposal · engagement · commitment · amour · enchantment · serenade · promise
engagement
Commitment to wed or attend
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- invitationRequest to attend
- betrothalFormal marriage agreement
bride-to-be · countdown · registry · planning · RSVP · announcement · banns · herald · tidings · chime
marriage
Formal union between partners
wife · couple · newlyweds · partner · conjugal · nuptials · vows · fidelity · bond · lifelong
vows
Solemn binding promises
- altarSacred ritual table
- officiantCeremony presider
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
recessional · aisle · chapel · readings · liturgy · solemnization · bouquet · groomsmen · bridesmaids · ringbearer
love
Intense fond attachment
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- passionIntense emotional drive
sweetheart · devotion · proposal · engagement · commitment · amour · enchantment · serenade · promise · eternal
reception
Act of receiving guests
party · dance · ball · feast · gathering · merriment · entertainment · honeymoon · garter · confetti
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
familial · ancestry · threshold · trousseau · dowry · blessing · ancestral · generational · rehearsal · procession
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- greeting card motifsfloral designs, roses, hearts, butterflies, ribbons
- weddingmarry, bride and groom, ring, wed, vow
- weddingsbride, groom, marriage, marry, bouquet
- festive soundsapplause, cheering, cheers, clapping, fanfare
- sound effectssound effects, sound effect, ringtone, boing, crash
wedding bellsdeath knell
Omen of ending
funeral dirge · passing bell · mourning · requiem · funeral march
wedding bellsdivorce papers
Documents terminating matrimony
divorce · divorce decree · separation · annulment · breakup
bell, wedding, bells, wedded, weddings, weds, belfry, wedlock, unwedded