single parentnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈpeə.rənt/us/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈper.ənt/UK also lone parentB1 someone who has a child or children but no husband, wife, or partner who lives with them
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Parents & children
- babyhood
- bastard
- child abuse
- child-friendly
- conjoined twins
- identical twin
- illegitimate
- latchkey kid
- legitimate
- love child
- motherhood
- motherless
- parenthood
- patter
- quad
- quadruplet
- quintuplet
- sextuplet
- twin
- without issue idiom
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