BACHELOR Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

bachelor

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as in spinster

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Recent Examples of bachelor Many project-manager postings require a bachelor’s degree and a professional certification. — Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 Kevin Costner is living the life of a bachelor following his 2023 divorce. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026 Zacharia graduated from Pepperdine University in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and government and later received a JD from Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, according to her LinkedIn bio. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 Morgan earned his bachelor’s degree at Michigan and is working on his master’s degree at UCLA while playing football and running his foundation from the West Coast. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bachelor

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In Wicker, Skarsgård slipped into a much more textured material to play the Wicker Husband of a reclusive spinster Fisherwoman (Olivia Colman), who commissioned a Basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to weave together her fantasy man.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Oct. 2026
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

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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

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In the series, a bachelorette weekend turns deadly when the bride (Jenner) winds up murdered in the pool, and her closest girlfriends all become suspects.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of bachelorette

Noun

Adelaide said, with a vehemence that frightened Masha, the maid trying to spoon medicine into her clenched mouth.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
This is the kind of show where an opulent tea party is dramatized not just by many different plates of fancy pastries, fancy wreaths and lots of furniture, but by having all that stuff carted in by a dozen or so butlers, maids and other servants.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026

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