Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun common-law_marriage

1 sense of common-law marriage

Sense 1
common-law marriage -- (a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony)
       => marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock -- (the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union")