Being celibate means that you may only do it with other celibates.
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Celibate
//ˈsɛləbət//
Synonyms for "celibate" (145 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
90 translations across 34 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- ամուրի adj (unmarried)
- չամուսնացած adj (unmarried)
- ամուրի noun (person who is not married)
Asturian
1 entries- célibe adj (unmarried)
Belarusian
3 entries- нежана́ты adj (unmarried)
- незаму́жняя adj (unmarried)
- халасты́ adj (unmarried)
Bulgarian
3 entries- неженен adj (unmarried)
- неомъжена adj (unmarried)
- ерген noun (person who is not married)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 獨身 /独身 adj (unmarried)
- 獨身者 /独身者 noun (person who is not married)
Czech
4 entries- celibátní adj (unmarried)
- nevdaná adj (unmarried)
- neženatý adj (unmarried)
- svobodný adj (unmarried)
Danish
1 entries- ugift adj (unmarried)
Dutch
2 entries- celibatair adj (unmarried)
- ongehuwd adj (unmarried)
Esperanto
1 entries- fraŭla (cf. fraŭlina) adj (unmarried)
Faroese
1 entries- ógiftur adj (unmarried)
Finnish
2 entries- naimaton adj (unmarried)
- selibaatti noun (person who is not married)
French
2 entries- célibataire adj (unmarried)
- célibataire noun (person who is not married)
Galician
1 entries- célibe adj (unmarried)
German
4 entries- ehelos adj (unmarried)
- keusch adj (unmarried)
- sexuell enthaltsam adj (unmarried)
- unverheiratet adj (unmarried)
Greek
2 entries- άγαμος adj (unmarried)
- άγαμος noun (person who is not married)
Hungarian
4 entries- hajadon adj (unmarried)
- nőtlen adj (unmarried)
- agglegény noun (person who is not married)
- hajadon noun (person who is not married)
Ido
1 entries- celiba adj (unmarried)
Interlingua
2 entries- celibatario adj (unmarried)
- celibe adj (unmarried)
Irish
4 entries- aontumhach adj (unmarried)
- gan phósadh adj (unmarried)
- aontumhach noun (person who is not married)
- duine gan phósadh noun (person who is not married)
Italian
1 entries- celibe adj (unmarried)
Japanese
2 entries- 独身 adj (unmarried)
- 独身 noun (person who is not married)
Korean
2 entries- 독신 adj (unmarried)
- 독신자 noun (person who is not married)
Latin
1 entries- caelebs adj (unmarried)
Lithuanian
2 entries- viengungiškas adj (unmarried)
- viengungis noun (person who is not married)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اركن adj (unmarried)
- بكار adj (unmarried)
Polish
3 entries- niezamężna adj (unmarried)
- nieżonaty adj (unmarried)
- osoba żyjąca w celibacie noun (person who is not married)
Portuguese
3 entries- celibatário adj (unmarried)
- celibatária noun (person who is not married)
- celibatário noun (person who is not married)
Russian
4 entries- нежена́тый adj (unmarried)
- незаму́жняя adj (unmarried)
- холосто́й adj (unmarried)
- незаму́жняя noun (person who is not married)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- aontamhach adj (unmarried)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- neòženjen adj (unmarried)
- nȅudān or nȅudāt adj (unmarried)
- не̏уда̄н or не̏уда̄т adj (unmarried)
- нео̀жењен adj (unmarried)
Slovak
4 entries- nevydatá adj (unmarried)
- neženatý adj (unmarried)
- slobodná adj (unmarried)
- slobodný adj (unmarried)
Spanish
1 entries- célibe adj (unmarried)
Swedish
1 entries- ogift adj (unmarried)
Ukrainian
4 entries- нежона́тий adj (unmarried)
- незаму́жня adj (unmarried)
- незамі́жня adj (unmarried)
- неодру́жений adj (unmarried)
Sample sentences
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Tom is celibate.
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Most Buddhist monks are celibate.
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The serpent-god's image is carried in an annual procession by a celibate priestess.
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