partnerless
Flying entirely alone
Partnerless means without a partner—whether romantic, professional, or recreational.
Someone partnerless at a dance has no one to dance with.
A partnerless investor proceeds alone.
The word often carries a note of absence or lack: She found herself partnerless at forty.
One in number
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- divorcedLegally ended marriage
- widowedHaving lost one's spouse
- separatedPut or kept apart
bachelor · bachelorette · spinster · eligible · available · uncommitted · uninvolved · uncoupled
Able to provide independently
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- self-reliantAble to provide independently
- empoweredGiven power to act
- liberatedReleased from confinement
unfettered · free · unconstrained · unencumbered · untethered · self-contained · self-supporting · unaided
single
One in number
separated · bachelor · bachelorette · spinster · eligible · available · uncommitted · uninvolved · uncoupled · dateless
self-sufficient
Able to provide independently
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- self-reliantAble to provide independently
- empoweredGiven power to act
liberated · unfettered · free · unconstrained · unencumbered · untethered · self-contained · self-supporting · unaided · solo
lonely
Wanting companionship
lonesome · unaccompanied · bereft · friendless · unloved · neglected · abandoned · desolate · estranged · alienated
partnerlesspartnered
Joined with another
coupled · paired · in a relationship · attached · taken
partnerlesspartnered
Joined with another
paired · paired up · teamed · matched · accompanied
partnerlesspartnered
Joined with another
teamed up · paired · collaborative · in partnership · allied
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