Meanings
adjectiveunmarried (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving no husband or wife.
Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried.
2014 January 20, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “‘She. Herself. Naked.': The Art of He Chengyao”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2023, SinosphereSynonyms: single, unhitched, unspoused, unwed · Antonyms: married
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot married or related to the unmarried state
Opposite
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishmarried
- Englishunmarried
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄγαμος, ἄνανδρος
- ἄγαμος (ágamos)having no husband or wife
- ἄνανδρος (ánandros)having no husband or wife
- ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr)having no husband or wife
Bulgarian неже́нен, неомъ́жена
- неже́нен (nežénen)having no husband or wife
- неомъ́жена (neomắžena)having no husband or wife
Catalan solter
- solterhaving no husband or wife
Chinese Mandarin 獨身 /独身
- 獨身 /独身 (dúshēn)having no husband or wife
Czech svobodný, neženatý
- svobodnýhaving no husband or wife
- neženatýhaving no husband or wife
- svobodnáhaving no husband or wife
- nevdanáhaving no husband or wife
Danish ugift
- ugifthaving no husband or wife
Dutch ongehuwd, alleenstaand
- ongehuwdhaving no husband or wife
- alleenstaandhaving no husband or wife
- ongetrouwdhaving no husband or wife
Finnish naimaton, vapaa
- naimatonhaving no husband or wife
- vapaahaving no husband or wife
- naimatonunmarried person
French célibataire
- célibatairehaving no husband or wife
German unverheiratet, ledig
- unverheiratethaving no husband or wife
- ledighaving no husband or wife
- solohaving no husband or wife
Greek ανύπαντρος
- ανύπαντρος (anýpantros)having no husband or wife
Hindi अनब्याहा, अविवाहित
- अनब्याहा (anabyāhā)having no husband or wife
- अविवाहित (avivāhit)having no husband or wife
- अविवाहित (avivāhit)unmarried person
Hungarian nőtlen, hajadon
- nőtlenhaving no husband or wife
- hajadonhaving no husband or wife
Icelandic ógiftur, ókvæntur
- ógifturhaving no husband or wife
- ókvænturhaving no husband or wife
Irish neamhphósta, singil
- neamhphóstahaving no husband or wife
- singilhaving no husband or wife
Italian celibe, nubile
- celibehaving no husband or wife
- nubilehaving no husband or wife
Japanese 独身, 未婚
- 独身 (dokushin)having no husband or wife
- 未婚 (mikon)having no husband or wife
Latin caelebs, innuptus
- caelebshaving no husband or wife
- innuptushaving no husband or wife
Māori takakau, kiritapu
- takakauhaving no husband or wife
- kiritapuhaving no husband or wife
- takakauunmarried person
Norwegian ugift
- ugifthaving no husband or wife
Persian مجرد, مجرد
- مجرد (mojarrad)having no husband or wife
- مجرد (mojarrad)unmarried person
Polish nieżonaty, niezamężna
- nieżonatyhaving no husband or wife
- niezamężnahaving no husband or wife
- niewydanyhaving no husband or wife
- niewydanahaving no husband or wife
Portuguese solteiro
- solteirohaving no husband or wife
Romanian necăsătorit, burlac
- necăsătorithaving no husband or wife
- burlachaving no husband or wife
Russian нежена́тый, холосто́й
- нежена́тый (neženátyj)having no husband or wife
- холосто́й (xolostój)having no husband or wife
- незаму́жняя (nezamúžnjaja)having no husband or wife
Slovak slobodný, neženatý
- slobodnýhaving no husband or wife
- neženatýhaving no husband or wife
- slobodnáhaving no husband or wife
- nevydatáhaving no husband or wife
Spanish soltero
- solterohaving no husband or wife
Swedish ogift
- ogifthaving no husband or wife
Thai โสด
- โสด (sòot)having no husband or wife
Ukrainian нежона́тий, незамі́жня
- нежона́тий (nežonátyj)having no husband or wife
- незамі́жня (nezamížnja)having no husband or wife
- неодру́жений (neodrúženyj)having no husband or wife
Vietnamese độc thân
- độc thânhaving no husband or wife
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
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APA
unmarried. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmarried
MLA
“unmarried.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmarried. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmarried,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmarried.
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