Synonyms and antonyms of Words for people according to marital status in British Thesaurus

bachelor (noun)

a man who has never been married. It is more usual to say that someone who is not married is single. An eligible bachelor is one who many women want to marry because he is rich and attractive. A confirmed bachelor is a man who does not intend ever to get married.

Bridget Jones (noun)

a single woman in her thirties who is ordinary rather than perfect and is looking for a partner

couple (noun)

two people who are married or involved in a romantic relationship with each other

damsel (noun)

an old word for a young woman who is not married

divorcé (noun)

a man who is divorced

divorcée (noun)

a woman who is divorced

domestic partner (noun)

mainly American the person who you are living with and having a sexual relationship with but are not married to. The usual British word is partner.

family man (noun)

a man with a wife or partner and children

house husband (noun)

a man who stays at home cleaning the house, looking after children etc while his wife or partner goes out to work

lady of leisure (noun)

a woman who does not have to work, especially because her husband earns a lot of money

lonely hearts (noun)

people who are looking for a romantic relationship

Mademoiselle (noun)

a way of talking to a French woman, especially one who is young or not married

maid (noun)

an old word meaning ‘a girl or young woman who is not married’

maiden (noun)

an old word meaning ‘a girl or young woman who is not married’

man and wife ()

a man and woman who are married to each other

matron (noun)

literary a married woman

newlyweds (noun)

a man and a woman who have not been married to each other for very long

old maid (noun)

old-fashioned an insulting word for an older woman who has not been married and is unlikely to get married

singles (noun)

people who are not married, or not in a romantic relationship, considered as a group

singleton (noun)

a person who is not married or is not in a romantic relationship

spinster (noun)

old-fashioned an insulting word for a woman who is not married and is past the age when women usually get married

war widow (noun)

a woman whose husband has been killed in a war

widow (noun)

a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again

widower (noun)

a man whose wife has died and who has not married again