BACHELOR Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

bachelor

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as in spinster

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Recent Examples of bachelor In 2024, only 8 percent of college graduates earned a bachelor’s degree in a humanities discipline. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 Fort Worth residents with a bachelor’s degree earn more than those with a degree in other parts of Texas. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026 Last fall, Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island became the first in the country to launch an in person, three-year bachelor’s degree in specific disciplines. — Editorial, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026 The institute found that if current enrollment and completion rates continue, most California 9th graders will not earn a bachelor’s degree. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bachelor

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The cast’s sole survivor is Jessica Hecht, who pours miraculous warmth and complexity into her faintly insulting role as Colleen, the head teller, a morally upright spinster goosed by her flirtation with Sonny and the spotlight.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
There would be some updates—instead of a spinster, my protagonist, Clemence Lathbury, is a divorcee.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026

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On the agenda for Kate Newcomb's one-night bachelorette in Newport was dressing up as different Will Ferrell characters to hit the local bar scene.

— Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 5 July 2026
As far afield as Malaysia and Thailand, fans celebrated the singer’s big day with parties of their own – hosting bachelorette-style fetes in honor of Swift’s wedding.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 4 July 2026

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Even actors whose roles have limited scope, like Zendaya, Nyong’o, Hawkins and Mia Goth as Penelope’s duplicitous maid, register as vital presences.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
This British drama series follows a woman named Emma over the course of more than six decades of her life, from the 1900s through the 1970s, working her way from impoverished maid to the world’s richest woman.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026

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