celibate
Forgoing physical intimacy
Celibate means abstaining from sexual activity, or more traditionally, unmarried.
A celibate person may have taken a religious vow—priests and monks are typically celibate—or may simply choose not to engage in sex: He remained celibate after his divorce.
The noun celibacy names the state or practice.
Cloistered religious devotee
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
convent · clergy · devotion · consecration · monasticism · renunciation · hermit · anchorite
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
- continenceControl over bodily functions
- self-restraintVoluntary impulse control
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
discipline · refraining · forbearance · temperance · restraint · self-control · self-discipline · chastity
One in number
- bachelorUnwed male adult
- spinsterUnmarried older woman
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- unattachedNot joined or connected
unwed · bachelorhood · spinsterhood · alone · solo · independent · solitary · unpartnered
Unsullied or inexperienced
- virtuousMorally excellent, principled
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- modestLacking in pretension
untouched · unblemished · immaculate · maiden · virgin · moral · decent · honorable
Without erotic attraction
- aceSingle-pip card
- aromanticFeels no romantic attraction
- demisexualAttraction only after bonding
- nonsexualNot involving physical intimacy
disinterested · indifferent · passionless · uninterested · platonic
monk
Cloistered religious devotee
monastery · convent · clergy · devotion · consecration · monasticism · renunciation · hermit · anchorite · ordination
abstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
- continenceControl over bodily functions
- self-restraintVoluntary impulse control
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
willpower · discipline · refraining · forbearance · temperance · restraint · self-control · self-discipline · chastity · moderation
single
One in number
unattached · unwed · bachelorhood · spinsterhood · alone · solo · independent · solitary · unpartnered · eligible
virginal
Unsullied or inexperienced
modest · untouched · unblemished · immaculate · maiden · virgin · moral · decent · honorable · wholesome
asexual
Without erotic attraction
- aceSingle-pip card
- aromanticFeels no romantic attraction
- demisexualAttraction only after bonding
nonsexual · disinterested · indifferent · passionless · uninterested · platonic
- asceticsascetic, ascetics, hermit, hermits, recluse
- abstainersteetotaler, non-drinker, non-smoker, abstainer
- singlessingle, bachelor, bachelorette, unmarried, unwed
- relationship statussingle, married, divorced, engaged, separated
- social typesnormie, jock, hippie, goth, diva
- lonershermit, recluse, loner, lone wolf, introvert
celibatenoncelibate
Not abstaining from sex
active · promiscuous · unchaste · libidinous · lustful
celibatepromiscuous
Sexually undiscriminating
unchaste · wanton · licentious · libertine · lascivious
- vow of celibacyPromise to abstain from sex
- celibacy vowPledge to abstain sexually
- celibate lifeAbstaining from sexual activity
- sworn to celibacy
- priestly celibacyReligious leaders forgoing marriage