Dictionary

bachelor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ (Australia)
• /ˈbɛt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈbæt͡ʃ.lɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
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• /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).

Meanings

1. A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet.
   • I shall die a bachelor. 1933, S. N. Behrman, Queen Christina
   • As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:
   • I knew from the beginning that I would have to move fast to keep Minnie to myself. Kansas City was full of rakehell bachelors, all of whom I had to outcourt. 1982, Roy Wilkins, Tom Mathews, Standing Fast: The Autobiography of Roy Wilkins - Volume 10, page 79:
2. (Canada) A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet. ▸ A bachelor apartment.
3. A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet. ▸ A male animal without a mate during breeding season.
4. (obsolete) A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet. ▸ An unmarried woman.
   • A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion : And keep you not alone without a husband 1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
5. The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.
6. The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree. ▸ Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
7. (obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own but fought under the standard of another in the field.
8. (obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
9. A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

Forms

Antonyms

wedder · wedder · husband · wedder · husband · husband · wedder · husband

Coordinates

bachelorette · bachelorette · bachelorette · master · bachelorette

Deriveds

bachelor's degree · bachelor pad · bachelorize · bachelorlike · bachelor's handbag · bachelor's button · wild bachelor's button · geographic bachelor · Bachelor of Science · bachelor dinner · old bachelor · bacheloress · bachelorly · bachelorism · nonbachelor · geo-bachelor · bachelor's fare · prebachelor · bachelorhood · bachelorship · bachelor's thesis · son of a bachelor · bachelor party · bachelordom · budge bachelor · bachelor's chest · bachelor's hall · bachelorx · bachelorette · bachelorwise · bachelor's dinner · Bachelor of Arts · confirmed bachelor · batchy · bachelor flat

Hypernyms

degree · degree

Relateds

spinster · divorcé · widower

Synonyms

baccalaureate · single · single · Bachelor · bachelor's · bachelorette · bacheloress · single · baccalaureate · bachelor's · bachelor pad · single

Translations (201)

pt solteiro (unmarried man) · fr licence (bachelor's degree) · gu કુંવારો (unmarried man) · lv bakalaurs (bachelor's degree) · lad mansevu (Monastir) (unmarried man) · ro flăcău (unmarried man) · de Bachelor (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · alt бойдоҥ (unmarried man) · af jongkêrel (unmarried man) · sv kandidat (bachelor's degree) · da ungkarl (unmarried man) · sk bakalárka (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · sh nèženja (unmarried man) · sw kapera (unmarried man) · cs starý mládenec (unmarried man) · af baccalaureusgraad (bachelor's degree) · km កំលោះ (unmarried man) · ko 학사 (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · ka ბაკალავრი (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · sw mseja (unmarried man) · sv etta ((Canada) single room apartment) · mi takakau (unmarried man) · vi người chưa kết hôn (unmarried man) · pdt Betschla (unmarried man) · grc ἠΐθεος (unmarried man) · be кавале́р (unmarried man) · gd fleasgach (unmarried man) · pt solteirão (unmarried man) · ru бакала́вр (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · io celibulo (unmarried man) · id selibat (unmarried man) · fr célibataire (unmarried man) · bg ерге́н (unmarried man) · is piparsveinn (unmarried man) · ota بكار (unmarried man) · mk ерген (unmarried man) · fa-ira عَزْب (unmarried man) · tr bekâr (unmarried man) · sk bakalárstvo (bachelor's degree) · sh бѐћа̄р (unmarried man) · lt viengungis (unmarried man) · de Bachelor (bachelor's degree) · kk бойдақ (unmarried man) · tl baguntao (unmarried man) · ga baitsiléir (unmarried man) · sv kandidat (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · fi poikamies (unmarried man) · uk бакала́вр (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · ko 총각 (unmarried man) · ro becher (unmarried man) · ca fadrí (unmarried man) · cmn 学士 (bachelor's degree) · hy ազաբ (unmarried man) · sl samec (unmarried man) · az subay (unmarried man) · gl diplomado (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · el εργένης (unmarried man) · sh bèćār (unmarried man) · uk бакала́вр (bachelor's degree) · da bachelor (bachelor's degree) · el πτυχίο (bachelor's degree) · pt bacharel (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · nl vrijgezel (unmarried man) · lad bekar (unmarried man) · gl mozo solteiro (unmarried man) · cy baglor (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · nb ungkar (unmarried man) · th บัณฑิต (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · id kesarjanaan (bachelor's degree) · is ókvæntur maður (unmarried man) · uk холостя́к (unmarried man) · ar عَازِب (unmarried man) · af oujongkêrel (unmarried man) · sq beqar (unmarried man) · da bachelor (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · es bachiller (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · pl bakałarz (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · el πτυχιούχος (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · nv beʼesdzą́ą́ ádinii (unmarried man) · be халасты́ (unmarried man) · ar أَعْزَب (unmarried man) · uk па́рубок (unmarried man) · lb Jonggesell (unmarried man) · lv vecpuisis (unmarried man) · bg бекя́р (unmarried man) · be халасьця́к (unmarried man) · tl batsilyer (bachelor's degree) · fi kandidaatti (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · it baccelliere (bachelor's degree) · lld vedl mut (unmarried man) · fa-ira مُتَعَزِّب (unmarried man) · cmn 本科 (bachelor's degree) · pt bacharelado (bachelor's degree) · af baccalaureaat (bachelor's degree) · it celibe (unmarried man) · sk bakalaureát (bachelor's degree) · cy gradd baglor (bachelor's degree) · eo fraŭlo (unmarried man) · hu agglegény (unmarried man) · ru холостя́к (unmarried man) · bg бакала́вър (bachelor's degree) · bg бакала́вър (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · it laurea (bachelor's degree) · el πτυχίο λυτείας (bachelor's degree) · th คนโสด (unmarried man) · ja 学士 (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · sk starý mládenec (unmarried man) · pl kawaler (unmarried man) · ky бойдок (unmarried man) · is einhleyplingur (unmarried man) · pl licencjat (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · fr bachelor (bachelor's degree) · uk кавале́р (unmarried man) · pl bakalaureat (bachelor's degree) · bo ཕོ་ཧྲང (unmarried man) · hi अविवाहित (unmarried man) · hy ամուրի (unmarried man) · sk bakalár (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · tl dalubhasa (bachelor's degree) · nn ungkar (unmarried man) · he רווק (unmarried man) · es licenciatura (bachelor's degree) · yue 寡佬 (unmarried man) · uz boʻydoq (unmarried man) · io bachelero (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · gd seana-ghille (unmarried man) · et poissmees (unmarried man) · nl bachelor (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · tt буйдак (unmarried man) · ang hagosteald (unmarried man) · sh нѐжења (unmarried man) · wyi yan'yean (unmarried man) · es título de grado (bachelor's degree) · ug بويتاق (unmarried man) · af vrygesel (unmarried man) · cy dyn sengl (unmarried man) · gl solteiro (unmarried man) · es bachiller (bachelor's degree) · ny mlumbwana (unmarried man) · be халасця́к (unmarried man) · lad bekyar (unmarried man) · ru холосто́й (unmarried man) · la baccalaureus (unmarried man) · ka უცოლო (unmarried man) · sv ungkarl (unmarried man) · rif aneybu (unmarried man) · my လူပျို (unmarried man) · he בּוֹגֵר (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · izh vanhapoika (unmarried man) · be бакала́ўр (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · hy բակալավր (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · fi vanhapoika (unmarried man) · yue 單身寡佬 /单身寡佬 (unmarried man) · nn bachelor (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · mi tāne takakau (unmarried man) · kaa boydaq (unmarried man) · es solterón (unmarried man) · cs bakalářka (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · ca solter (unmarried man) · id sarjana (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · be бакала́ўр (bachelor's degree) · gl graduado (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · es licenciado (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · pl kawalerka ((Canada) single room apartment) · tg муҷаррад (unmarried man) · he רַוָּק (unmarried man) · ru бакала́вр (bachelor's degree) · eo bakalaŭro (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · km បរិញ្ញា (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · lv bakalaurs (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · uk неодру́жений (unmarried man) · eo bakalaŭreco (bachelor's degree) · bcl soltero (unmarried man) · ko 독신자 (unmarried man) · af jonggesel (unmarried man) · lt bakalauras (bachelor's degree) · cs bakalář (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · fi kandidaatin tutkinto (bachelor's degree) · th ชายโสด (unmarried man) · af jonkman (unmarried man) · km បរិញ្ញា (bachelor's degree) · gl diplomatura (bachelor's degree) · ba буйҙаҡ (unmarried man) · uk холости́й (unmarried man) · it zito (unmarried man) · it scapolo (unmarried man) · ja 独身者 (unmarried man) · om qeerroo (unmarried man) · da bachelorgrad (bachelor's degree) · nb bachelor (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · mk беќар (unmarried man) · ca fadrinot (unmarried man) · gl grao (bachelor's degree) · nl studio ((Canada) single room apartment) · st lesoha (unmarried man) · cmn 學士 /学士 (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) · de Junggeselle (unmarried man) · cmn 單身漢 /单身汉 (unmarried man) · fi yksiö ((Canada) single room apartment) · it zitello (unmarried man) · yi בחור (unmarried man)