Synonyms for celibate
- adjective
- noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not married.
- adj. 2
Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate.
- n. 1
One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.
Related words
- Word family
- celibatist celibacy
Forms
- Plural
- celibates → bachelors, cels, volcels…
Example sentences
- chaste "I'm not an incel," Tom insisted. "I'm chaste."
- sexless Theirs is a sexless marriage.
- unmarried Married people are happier than unmarried people.
By length
- 3 letters
- cel1
- 4 letters
- pure1
- 5 letters
- pyore
- 6 letters
- single2, chaste1, volcel
- 7 letters
- sexless2
- 8 letters
- bachelor3
- 9 letters
- continent3, unmarried3, abstinent3, loverless
- 10 letters
- celibatory
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (single2 = 2 syllables).