single person
One without partner
A single person is someone who is not married or in a romantic relationship.
The phrase appears most often in legal, administrative, or housing contexts: Rates for a single person differ from family rates.
In casual speech, people more often say single alone: Are you single?
- bachelorUnwed male adult
- spinsterUnmarried older woman
- divorcedLegally ended marriage
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- widowedHaving lost one's spouse
solitude · separated · independence · individual · dating · dating app · eligible · plus one · autonomy · unattached · self-sufficiency · solo · flying solo · unpartnered · stigma · self-care · alone · celibacy
- household typescouple, nuclear family, extended family, multigenerational, empty nesters
- solo livingbachelor, bachelorette, hermit, loner, recluse
- family structuresnuclear family, extended family, blended family, stepfamily, foster family
- householdshousehold, nuclear family, residents, married couple, occupants
single personspouse
Married partner
married couple · betrothed · taken · newlywed · attached
single personmarried couple
Two joined in matrimony
couple · family unit · cohabiting couple · family man · family woman
single, person, persona, singly, singles, singled, singleness, singularly, singularity