Antonyms for single
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sing-guhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪŋ gəl |
Definition of single
Origin :- early 14c., "unmarried," from Old French sengle, sangle "alone, unaccompanied; simple, unadorned," from Latin singulus "one, one to each, individual, separate" (usually in plural singuli "one by one"), from sim- (stem of simplus; see simple) + diminutive suffix. Meaning "consisting of one unit, individual, unaccompanied by others" is from late 14c. Meaning "undivided" is from 1580s. Single-parent (adj.) is attested from 1966.
- adj alone, distinct
- adj not married
- It is a single round, low tower, shaped like the tomb of Cacilia Metella.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- He was rich and he was willing to take the daughter without a single penny.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- He had united them and he had made them the first of all nations to worship a single God.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- The bare reference to a single consideration will be conclusive on this point.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Their ignorance, with the single exception of horse-flesh, is appalling.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- They are not the principles of a province or of a single continent.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- The deep gloom that had overshadowed the land had been relieved by one single ray.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- In our own single manhood to be bold, Fortressed in conscience and impregnable.'
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- But, O my dear, the single life is by far the most eligible to me: indeed it is.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Write to please yourself, as if not a single reader existed.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
Synonyms for single
- bachelor
- companionless
- distinguished
- divorced
- eligible
- especial
- exceptional
- exclusive
- free
- individual
- indivisible
- isolated
- living alone
- lone
- loner
- not general
- not public
- odd
- one
- only
- original
- particular
- peerless
- personal
- private
- rare
- restricted
- secluded
- separate
- separated
- simple
- singled-out
- singular
- sole
- solitary
- solo
- special
- specific
- spouseless
- strange
- unalloyed
- unattached
- unblended
- uncommon
- uncompounded
- undivided
- unfettered
- unique
- unitary
- unmarried
- unmixed
- unrivaled
- unshared
- unusual
- unwed
- without equal
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