husbandless

Examples

• All

• I'm a middle-aged, childless, husbandless woman.

  Tim Ferriss

• Moreover, many women probably accepted the dominant attitudes about the role of women, especially husbandless women, in society.

  Academic text (1991)

• I am glad to say I'm feeling a little bit better. Still husbandless, I just want to pick your amazing brain on something that happened today: my husband went to see my sister and her family.

  Blog text (30)

• Husbandless, inexperienced.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The husbandless women in the community formed a support group to share their experiences and challenges.

• As a husbandless mother, she learned to rely on her friends for help with parenting.

Synonyms

U

unmarried

vshusbandless

60 1.0

Not having a husband or wife

specifies lack of a male spouse rather than any spouse

U

unwed

vshusbandless

21 3.9

Not married and has never had a husband or wife

includes people without a male spouse due to previous marriage endings

M

mateless

vshusbandless

1 7.8

Not having a partner for love or marriage

applies only to absence of a male spouse not general companion lack

P

partnerless

vshusbandless

1 4.2

Alone because there is no one to be with

is narrower meaning absence of a male spouse rather than general companionship

U

unpartnered

vshusbandless

1 4.1

Not in a romantic relationship or living with someone

focuses on absence of a male spouse rather than lacking a companion

Antonyms

M

married

∞ 1.0

Having a husband or wife

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology