Celibate
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Celibate adjective – Abstaining from sexual intercourse. Single is a synonym for celibate in chaste topic. In some cases you can use "Single" instead the word "Celibate" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like unmarried.
Nearby Word: celibacy
Synonyms for Celibate
Single
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Single adjective – Not married. Celibate is a synonym for single. You can use "Celibate" instead the word "Single" as a noun or an adjective.
Nearby Words: singleness, singly, singled
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- Precocious Crush: Guo Xiang had a huge crush on Yang Guo... she never got over it, and remained single and celibate for the rest of her life.
Source: Creator / Jin Yong - Celibate Hero: both Pekkala and Kirov are single and more or less married to their job.
Source: Literature / Inspector Pekkala - Where the ideal of Matrimony is to devote yourself to a single partner, the ideal of Holy Orders is to devote yourself to the Church and Christ and to be celibate.
Source: Wife Husbandry
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Single and Celibate. (2016). Retrieved 2022, January 19, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/celibate/single
Celibate & Single. N.p., 2016. Web. 19 Jan. 2022. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/celibate/single>.
Single or Celibate. 2016. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://thesaurus.plus/related/celibate/single.
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