bachelor
noun [C] /ˈbætʃ.əl.ər/
/-ɚ/ Definition
› a man who has never married: He remained a bachelor until he was well into his 40s. Simon is a confirmed bachelor (= he is unlikely ever to want to get married).Marital status
(Definition of bachelor noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- common-law adjective
- divorcee noun
- divorcé noun
- estranged adjective
- ex noun
- lone adjective
- Miss noun
- missus noun
- newlywed noun
- not be the marrying kind idiom
- old maid noun
- single adjective (NOT MARRIED)
- spoken for adjective
- trophy wife/girlfriend noun
- unattached adjective (NOT MARRIED)
- unmarried adjective
- war bride noun
- widower noun
- widowhood noun
- wifely adjective
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