non-marital
adjective[before noun]
(alsononmarital)uk/ˌnɒnˈmær.ɪ.təl/us/ˌnɑːnˈmer.ɪ.t̬əl/notrelatingtomarriage; takingplacebetweenpeoplewho are notmarried:
As morepeopleput off gettingmarried,studiesshow anincreasein non-maritalcohabitation.
They were in a nonmaritalromanticrelationshipfor sixyears.
Thedecadesawanincreasein non-maritalbirths.
- Theylivedtogethercontentedlyfor manyyearsin a non-maritalrelationship.
- They areexpectedtofollowastrictcodethatforbidsnon-maritalsex.
- Eachpartyisawardedtheirseparatenon-maritalpropertyshould themarriageend indivorceorannulment.
Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
- adulteress
- affinal
- as husband and wifeidiom
- be an itemidiom
- be shacked upidiom
- hear wedding bellsidiom
- hitched
- honest
- husband
- intermarriage
- matrimony
- monogamous
- monogamy
- morganatic
- ménage à trois
- shack
- shack up
- something
- together
- trouble and strifeidiom