unmarried

unmarried
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. bachelor, spinster, maiden, virgin; widowed, divorced; celibate, single, unwed. See celibacy.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. celibate, unwed, single, virgin, maiden, bachelor, eligible, chaste, unwedded, spouseless, unhitched*, unspliced*, uncoupled*, footloose and fancy-free*.
Ant. married*, wed, wedded.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
single, unwed, unattached, eligible, available, celibate, virgin, maiden.
ANT.: married, wed, *spoken for
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Without a spouse: fancy-free, footloose, lone, single, sole, spouseless, unattached, unwed. Idiom: footloose and fancy-free. See MARRIAGE.

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