bachelornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbætʃ.əl.ər/us/ˈbætʃ.əl.ɚ/a man who has never married:
He remained a bachelor until he was well into his 40s.
Sam is a confirmed bachelor (= he is unlikely ever to want to get married).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Marriage: marital status
- bachelorette
- common law
- divorce
- divorcee
- estranged
- honeymoon
- lone
- marry
- miss
- missus
- newlywed
- not be the marrying kind idiom
- spoken for
- trophy wife/girlfriend
- unattached
- unmarried
- unwed
- widower
- widowhood
- wifely
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