BACHELOR Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

bachelor

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as in spinster

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Recent Examples of bachelor But when his best friend Lloyd (Bergen) invites Eddie’s first love and former camp sweetheart Erin (Cohan) to the bachelor weekend, the reunion becomes a reckoning with old relationships, unresolved love and the question of what might have been. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 In 2010, a married Muslim Palestinian man was convicted by an Israeli court—and went to jail—for having had sex with an Israeli woman while representing himself as a Jewish bachelor. — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026 McKinsey, 40, earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech before receiving his master’s in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026 Budi has a bachelor of science degree in engineering physics from the Bandung Institute of Technology. — Helen Branswell, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bachelor

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In the show, Bertha (Linda Reiter) is an old spinster and a neighbor of the Borden family in Fall River.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
At age 37, Abby was considered a spinster, and her social class was well below that of her husband.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of spinster

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There was a procession to the church of white clad handmaidens (tärnor), star boys (stjärngossar) and gingerbread men (pepparkaksgubbar) with candle wreaths on the maidens’ heads – now battery powered rather than actual flames.

— Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
This second tale unfolds in an isolated cabin in the 1950s, as a lonely man on death’s door, Tom (Nick Nolte), a father in wait for his estranged daughter, finds an unconscious maiden, Alice (Caylee Cowan), outside in the snow.

— Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of maiden

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What started as a way to jazz up private parties like birthdays and bachelorette, evolved to pop-ups before its first storefront.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
Williams — who has been living in Sydney, Australia, for the past seven years — had expected her mom to come to her bachelorette celebration there in December.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of bachelorette

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Loyal Maids in Extravagant Mansions While Solana is a disorderly servant, Clarita reflects the trope of the loyal maid of the higher class, the societal expectation in the region.

— Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Lizzie and Bridget having a romantic relationship Monster depicts Lizzie and Bridget as forming a romantic relationship, which starts when Bridget becomes a maid for her family.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of maid

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