widower
Man without wife
A widower is a man whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
The word parallels widow for women, though widow is sometimes used for both sexes.
He became a widower at sixty-three.
The term emphasizes the ongoing state rather than the moment of loss.
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- deceasedNo longer living
- funeralService honoring the dead
wake · memorial · remembrance · condolences · sympathy · eulogy · obituary · cemetery
Married man's role
- spouseMarried partner
- partnerOne who shares activity
- matePartner or companion
- companionOne who keeps company
consort · conjugal · marital · wedded · matrimony · nuptial · relict · remarriage
One in number
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- unattachedNot joined or connected
- aloneWithout others present
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
partnerless · bachelor · remarried · eligible · lonely · independent · self-reliant · solo
Property and grounds
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- probateWill validation proceedings
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
heir · bequest · legacy · life insurance · beneficiary · survivor benefits · pension · next of kin
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
funeral · wake · memorial · remembrance · condolences · sympathy · eulogy · obituary · cemetery · grave
husband
Married man's role
companion · consort · conjugal · marital · wedded · matrimony · nuptial · relict · remarriage · wedding ring
single
One in number
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- unattachedNot joined or connected
- aloneWithout others present
solitary · partnerless · bachelor · remarried · eligible · lonely · independent · self-reliant · solo · available
estate
Property and grounds
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- probateWill validation proceedings
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
testament · heir · bequest · legacy · life insurance · beneficiary · survivor benefits · pension · next of kin · death certificate
- family dramafamily bonds, sibling rivalry, family reunion, kinship, family secret
- householdshousehold, nuclear family, residents, married couple, occupants
- family lossorphan, motherless, fatherless, parentless, abandonment
- personalspersonal ads, personals, SWM, classified ads, dating profile
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- menman, guys, male, blokes, guy
widowermarried man
Wed male
husband · newlywed · groom · bridegroom · divorcé
- black widowLethal spider species
- widow's peakV-shaped frontal hairline
- war widowSpouse of fallen soldier
- widow makerDangling branch that kills
- widows' peaksV-shaped frontal hairlines
- young widowWife whose spouse died
widow, widowed, widows, widowhood, widowers, widowered, widowerhood