mateless
Lacking a companion
Mateless means without a mate—a partner, companion, or matching counterpart.
A mateless bird has lost or never found a breeding partner.
A mateless sock lacks its pair.
The word can describe romantic solitude She remained mateless by choice or simply the absence of a corresponding match.
Not legally wed
- unattachedNot joined or connected
- unwedNot hitched
- bachelorUnwed male adult
- spinsterUnmarried older woman
solo · alone · bachelorette · uncommitted · eligible · available · celibate · unpartnered
Separated from others
- forlornSad and abandoned
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
melancholy · lonesome · dejected · bereft · woebegone · sorrowful · abandoned · alienated
Unusual or not even
- mismatchedNot fitting together properly
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- unmatchedHaving no equal
- loneExisting by itself
singular · orphaned · solo · missing · incomplete · sockless · gloveless · partnerless
unmarried
Not legally wed
- unattachedNot joined or connected
- unwedNot hitched
- bachelorUnwed male adult
spinster · solo · alone · bachelorette · uncommitted · eligible · available · celibate · unpartnered · spouseless
isolated
Separated from others
heartbroken · melancholy · lonesome · dejected · bereft · woebegone · sorrowful · abandoned · alienated · pining
odd
Unusual or not even
- mismatchedNot fitting together properly
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- unmatchedHaving no equal
lone · singular · orphaned · solo · missing · incomplete · sockless · gloveless · partnerless · unaccompanied