Entry Word: single

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 not married <there was such a shortage of single men in the neighborhood that he had his pick of girlfriends>

Synonyms unattached, unmarried, unwed

Related Words fancy-free, footloose; marriageable, unmated, unpaired; divorced, separated

Near Antonyms mated, paired; affianced, betrothed, committed, engaged, pledged, promised; remarried

Antonyms attached, espoused, married, wed

2 belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named <any view expressed on the newspaperʼs editorial pages is the single opinion of the writer of the column> — see sole 1
3 not physically attached to another unit <the average price of single homes in the area> — see separate 2