single parent

noun

: a parent who lives with a child or children and no husband, wife, or partner

Examples of single parent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These were the states with the highest cost of child care as a percentage of the median annual income for a single parent, according to WalletHub. — Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 8 July 2026

However, Gallagher lost her own fight with cancer in 2011, leaving Leavitt as a single parent with a young daughter. — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026

Saúl Zermeño, a single parent, was deported to Mexico in October after living 36 years in the United States. — Claudia Boyd-Barrett, CBS News, 18 June 2026

When the wife of one of her half brothers died, many people at the time didn’t believe a man could raise children as a single parent, so they were distributed to his siblings. — Lorna Koski, Footwear News, 11 June 2026

Rhymes for single parent

• aberrant
• apparent
• declarant
• grandparent
• stepparent
• transparent
• errant
• semitransparent