Spinster

/ˈspɪnstə/

Synonyms for "spinster" (30 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Noun(1 words)
spinner
bachelor girlcelibatefeme solejennylone woman

Strong matches (9)

maidmaidenmaiden ladymissmuleold maidsilkwormsingle girl
Noun(1 words)
old maid

Related words (15)

Noun(4 words)
single womanthread makerunmarried womanyarn spinner
spiderspinnerspinning framespinning jennyspinstresstabbythrostleunmarriedvestalvestal virginvirgin

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries
adult femalemakeroccupationshaperunmarried woman

More specific

3 entries
old maidthread spinneryarn spinner

Collocations

5 entries
old maidspinster stereotypespinsterhoodunmarried woman stigmaunwed woman

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

89 translations across 53 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • oujongnooi noun (unmarried woman)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عَانِس noun (unmarried woman)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҡарт ҡыҙ noun (unmarried woman)

Basque

1 entries
  • neskazahar noun (unmarried woman)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • стара́я дзе́ва noun (unmarried woman)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ста́ра мо́ма noun (unmarried woman)

Catalan

1 entries
  • conca noun (unmarried woman)

Chechen

1 entries
  • ойна noun (unmarried woman)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 剩女 noun (unmarried woman)
  • 老處女 /老处女 noun (unmarried woman)

Czech

1 entries
  • stará panna noun (unmarried woman)

Danish

1 entries
  • pebermø noun (unmarried woman)

Dutch

2 entries
  • ongehuwde vrouw noun (unmarried woman)
  • oude vrijster noun (unmarried woman)

Estonian

1 entries
  • vanatüdruk noun (unmarried woman)

Finnish

1 entries
  • vanhapiika noun (unmarried woman)

French

1 entries
  • vieille fille noun (unmarried woman)

Galician

2 entries
  • poula noun (unmarried woman)
  • solteirona noun (unmarried woman)

German

4 entries
  • Junggesellin noun (unmarried woman)
  • alte Jungfer noun (unmarried woman)
  • unverheiratete Frau noun (unmarried woman)
  • älteres Fräulein noun (unmarried woman)

Greek

1 entries
  • γεροντοκόρη noun (unmarried woman)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • aggszűz noun (unmarried woman)
  • vénkisasszony noun (unmarried woman)
  • vénlány noun (unmarried woman)

Ido

1 entries
  • damzelo noun (unmarried woman)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • vanhatyttö noun (unmarried woman)

Irish

2 entries
  • bean shingil noun (unmarried woman)
  • puisbhean noun (unmarried woman)

Italian

1 entries
  • zitella noun (unmarried woman)

Japanese

3 entries
  • オールドミス noun (unmarried woman)
  • ハイミス noun (unmarried woman)
  • 売れ残り noun (unmarried woman)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • кәрі қыз noun (unmarried woman)

Korean

3 entries
  • 노처녀 noun (unmarried woman)
  • 로처녀 noun (unmarried woman)
  • 올드 미스 noun (unmarried woman)

Lao

1 entries
  • ນາງສາວແກ່ noun (unmarried woman)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • senmergė noun (unmarried woman)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦉᦱᧁᦏᧁᧉ noun (unmarried woman)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • стара мома noun (unmarried woman)

Manx

1 entries
  • ben sneeuee noun (unmarried woman)

Māori

4 entries
  • maro kau noun (unmarried woman)
  • marokore noun (unmarried woman)
  • takakau noun (unmarried woman)
  • wahine kiritapu noun (unmarried woman)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • attergløyme noun (unmarried woman)
  • peppermø noun (unmarried woman)
  • peppermøy noun (unmarried woman)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • attergløyme noun (unmarried woman)
  • peparmøy noun (unmarried woman)

Polish

1 entries
  • stara panna noun (unmarried woman)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • encalhada noun (unmarried woman)
  • solteira noun (unmarried woman)
  • solteirona noun (unmarried woman)

Romanian

1 entries
  • fată bătrână noun (unmarried woman)

Russian

2 entries
  • векову́ха noun (unmarried woman)
  • ста́рая де́ва noun (unmarried woman)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • seana-mhaighdeann noun (unmarried woman)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • babadevojka noun (unmarried woman)
  • babadjevojka noun (unmarried woman)
  • usìdelica noun (unmarried woman)
  • usìdjelica noun (unmarried woman)

Shan

1 entries
  • သၢဝ်ၵႄႇ noun (unmarried woman)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • schetta noun (unmarried woman)

Slovak

1 entries
  • stará panna noun (unmarried woman)

Slovene

1 entries
  • stara devica noun (unmarried woman)

Sotho

1 entries
  • lefetwa noun (unmarried woman)

Spanish

2 entries
  • quedada noun (unmarried woman)
  • solterona noun (unmarried woman)

Swedish

2 entries
  • fröken noun (unmarried woman)
  • ungmö noun (unmarried woman)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pindangga noun (unmarried woman)

Thai

4 entries
  • ทึนทึก noun (unmarried woman)
  • สาวทึนทึก noun (unmarried woman)
  • สาวแก่ noun (unmarried woman)
  • เทื้อ noun (unmarried woman)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kalmış noun (unmarried woman)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • стара́ ді́ва noun (unmarried woman)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bà cô già noun (unmarried woman)

Welsh

1 entries
  • hen ferch noun (unmarried woman)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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My aunt died an old spinster.

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She remained a spinster all her life.

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You may end up being a spinster.

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Layla is gonna die a spinster.

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