'Honeymoon' definitions:
Definition of 'honeymoon'
(from WordNet)
noun
A holiday taken by a newly married couple
noun
The early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political
verb
Spend a holiday after one's marriage; "they plan to honeymoon in Hawai'i"
Definition of 'Honeymoon'
From: GCIDE
- Honeymoon \Hon"ey*moon`\, n.
- 1. The first month after marriage. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A vacation taken together by a newly married couple, usually including a trip away from home. [PJC]
- 3. Hence: [fig.] Any initial period of harmony after two or more people or organizations begin working together; as, the usual honeymoon for a newly elected president was cut short by resumption of partisan sniping over the budget. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'honeymoon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- banns,
- bridal,
- bridal suite,
- bridechamber,
- chuppah,
- church wedding,
- civil ceremony,
- civil wedding,
- elopement,
- epithalamium,
- espousals,
- espousement,
- forced marriage,
- Gretna Green wedding,
- hymen,
- hymeneal,
- hymeneal rites,
- marriage,
- nuptial apartment,
- nuptial mass,
- nuptial song,
- nuptials,
- prothalamium,
- saffron veil,
- shotgun wedding,
- spousals,
- wedding,
- wedding canopy,
- wedding song,
- wedding veil