Bachelor

Quick meaning: Bachelor is a noun meaning A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.

Meaning

A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.

More Meanings

1. The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.
2. Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
3. (Canada) A bachelor apartment.
4. A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.
5. (obsolete) An unmarried woman.
6. (obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
7. (obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.

Example Sentences

I shall die a bachelor.

As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.

A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion : And keep you not alone without a husband

I knew from the beginning that I would have to move fast to keep Minnie to myself. Kansas City was full of rakehell bachelors, all of whom I had to outcourt.

Word Forms

• bachelors
• bachelour

Synonyms for bachelor

Depending on context, synonyms include baccalaureate, bach.

Antonyms for bachelor

Common opposites include wedder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bach, groom, bridegroom, male, master, title.

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