fiancée
/fɪˈɒnseɪ
/ /fɪˈɑːnseɪ/ /fɪˈɒ̃seɪ/noun
A woman to whom a man is engaged to be married: he went back to the valley to marry his fiancée...
- Seung-hun wanted to break his prior engagement with his fiancée to marry Hye-kyo.
- But that's politics-as soon as the writ is dropped, girlfriends become fiancées for the duration, to lend that air of maturity and permanence.
- A Warminster soldier has been killed while serving in Iraq just months before he was set to marry his fiancée.
Synonyms
betrothed, wife-to-be, husband-to-be, bride-to-be, future wife/husband, prospective wife/husband, prospective spouse
informal, dated intended
Rhymes
- breaking ball
- breaking capacity
- breaking cart
- breaking news
- breaking point
- break into
- break in two
- breakneck
- break new (or fresh) ground
- break of day
- break off
- break of serve
- break one's back
- break one's duck
- break one's neck to do something
- break (one's) stride
- break (or informal kick) the habit
- break (or keep) faith
- break out
- breakout
- break out in
- break point
- breakpoint
- break rank
- break rank (or ranks)