UNWED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

unwed

adjective

ˌən-ˈwed

Definition of unwed next

as in unmarried

not married most of the employees at that small company are unwed

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Recent Examples of unwed People were hard on unwed mothers back then, and my parents wanted to give Louise, his mom, a second chance. —

Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026 Larry was born in New York City in 1944 to an unwed teenage mother, who gave him up for adoption at 9 months old. —

Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026 There, the Catholic Church once ran homes for unwed mothers. —

Greg Dixon, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025 In 1807, the Harmonists took a vow to remain celibate, which required them to build more community houses as the number of unwed society members grew. —

Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unwed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwed

unmarried

Adjective

Meg, an 11-year-old orphan living at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum; Birdie, an unmarried woman seeking help from her sister; and Charlie, a woman on the run from her past.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
Research using the National Violent Death Reporting System found that state-level enforcement of the policy was associated with reductions in intimate partner homicide among unmarried white victims, but not among victims of color.

— Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026