marital status
Single or taken
Marital status is a person's official relationship category—single, married, divorced, widowed, or separated.
Forms and surveys often ask for it: Please indicate your marital status.
The term appears in legal, administrative, and demographic contexts where relationship standing matters for benefits, taxes, or statistics.
One in number
- divorcedLegally ended marriage
- widowedHaving lost one's spouse
- separatedPut or kept apart
- engagedPledged to marry
partnered · cohabiting · bachelor · bachelorette · spinster · remarried · betrothed · unattached
Married partner
- partnerOne who shares activity
- husbandMarried man's role
- wifeFemale marriage partner
- companionOne who keeps company
significant other · fiancé · fiancée · cohabitation · commitment · fidelity · intimacy · monogamy
Legal end of matrimony
- annulmentDeclared void from start
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- prenuptialBefore the wedding
- custodyProtective care or control
dissolution · common-law · bigamy · legitimacy · matrimony · judicial · probate · inheritance
Marriage rite and feast
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- nuptialsVows and rings
- brideWoman getting married
- groomBetrothed man; stable worker
altar · aisle · reception · honeymoon · anniversary · engagement · betrothal · elopement
Official population count
- checkboxToggleable selection indicator
- formShape or document
- surveySystematic data collection
- questionnaireFormal inquiry form
application · registration · certificate · license · record · declaration · vital statistics · demographic
single
One in number
engaged · partnered · cohabiting · bachelor · bachelorette · spinster · remarried · betrothed · unattached · unwed
spouse
Married partner
companion · significant other · fiancé · fiancée · cohabitation · commitment · fidelity · intimacy · monogamy · polyamory
divorce
Legal end of matrimony
- annulmentDeclared void from start
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- prenuptialBefore the wedding
custody · dissolution · common-law · bigamy · legitimacy · matrimony · judicial · probate · inheritance · estate
wedding
Marriage rite and feast
groom · altar · aisle · reception · honeymoon · anniversary · engagement · betrothal · elopement · officiant
census
Official population count
questionnaire · application · registration · certificate · license · record · declaration · vital statistics · demographic · identification
- patient intakename, date of birth, address, phone number, allergies
- biographybirth, death date, autobiography, life story, biography
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- census listspopulation, headcount, households, ages, birthplace
marital statusemployment status
One's job condition
job title · occupation · profession · career · educational attainment
marital statuscareer
Lifelong occupational pursuit
profession · occupation · individual achievements · vocation · employment
marital statusemployment status
One's job condition
job title · occupation · citizenship status · age · gender
state, marriage, married, status, unmarried, marries, marital, premarital, intermarriage