unmarried
/ʌnˈmarɪd
/adjective
Not married; single: an unmarried mother...
- The others were two married corporals, a single corporal and two unmarried lance-corporals.
- Illegitimacy was no longer stigmatized and unmarried mothers were given all the rights of married women.
- There is an irony in comparing how the law is moving in relation to married and unmarried couples on this issue.
Synonyms
unwed, unwedded, single, spouseless, partnerless, husbandless, wifeless;
spinster, bachelor;
celibate, chaste, maiden, virgin;
unattached, available, eligible, free, {young, free, and single}, footloose and fancy free;
separated, divorced, widowed;
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