Celibate

/ˈsɛləbət/

Synonyms for "celibate" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

abbacomes abbot absolute abstemious abstinent acarpous alone apostolic arid ascetic azygous bachelor barren beadsman brother caloyer celibataire cenobite chaste

Adjective(7 words)

abstainer abstinence abstinent ascetic celibacy chastechaste person

Noun(2 words)

abstinent celibatist

Strong matches (42)

Adjective(2 words)

chastity continent

childless continent conventualconventual priordesert desolate draineddried updried-up dry encratic exhausted fallowfirst and lastfriar fruitarian fruitless gaunt geldedgrand prior

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hermit hieromonach immaculate impair impotent ineffectual infecund infertile intact issueless jejunelay abbotlay brotherleached lenten lone maidenly mendicant menopausal misogamic

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misogamist misogynist misogynous monachal monastic monk monkish nephalistic nonfertile nonproducing nonproductive nonprolific nun oddon the wagonone and onlyonly only-begotten palmer pilgrim

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pillar saintpillarist platonic priest prior pure pythagorean rechabite religieux religioussexually abstinentshakersine prolesingle singular sole spartan spinster sterile stoic stylitesucked drysworn offteemless teetotal temperate uncultivated undefiled unfertile unfruitful unique unmarried unpaired unplowed unproductive unprolific unrepeated unsown unsullied untilled unwed vegetarian vestal virgin virginal virtuous waste wastedwithout issue

Adjective(1 words)

sexless

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More general

6 entries

abstinence condition human personreligious personstate

More specific

7 entries

clericclerical celibacymonastic celibacymonk nunsecular celibacyvoluntary celibacy

Collocations

9 entries

celibate individualcelibate lifecelibate lifestylecelibate monkcelibate nuncelibate practitionercelibate priestcelibate vowssecular celibacy

Inflections

3 entries

celibatesmore celibatemost celibate

Derivations

2 entries

celibacy celibately

similar

1 entries

chaste

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Being celibate means that you may only do it with other celibates.

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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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