bachelor
Plural: bachelors
Noun
- A person, typically a man, who has never been married.
- a man who has never been married
- a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
- A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
- The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
- Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
- A bachelor apartment.
- An unmarried woman.
- A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
- Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
- A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.
Verb
- lead a bachelor's existence
Examples
- His rack was a bachelor, with a single Q and no U in sight.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).
Synonyms
bach, bachelor-at-arms, knight bachelor, unmarried man, baccalaureate
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
bachelor: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbachelor: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bachelor: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
bachelor: valid Words With Friends Word