Definition

1. Noun:
   • The state or condition of being an unmarried man: This refers to the social and personal status of a man who has never been married.
   • The period in a man's life before marriage: This refers to the time, experiences, or phase of life when a man is not married.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • He enjoyed his bachelorhood, focusing on his career and travel.
  • After ten years of bachelorhood, he finally decided to settle down.
  • The novel explores the protagonist's reluctant transition from carefree bachelorhood to married life.

Advanced Usage

• "to embrace bachelorhood": to willingly accept or enjoy the unmarried state.
  • After his divorce, he chose to embrace bachelorhood once more.
• "the trappings of bachelorhood": the typical lifestyle, habits, or possessions associated with being an unmarried man.
  • His apartment, with its minimal furniture and pizza boxes, was the very picture of the trappings of bachelorhood.

Variants and Related Words

• Bachelor (n): an unmarried man.
  • He is a confirmed bachelor.
• Bachelorette (n): an unmarried woman. (Note: This is a related but distinct term for women.)
  • The bachelorette party was held last weekend.

Synonyms

• Unmarried state: The condition of not being married.
• Singleness: The state of being single or unmarried (can be gender-neutral but often context-specific).
• Celibacy: The state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations. (Note: This implies a deliberate choice and is not synonymous with simply being unmarried.)

Antonyms

• Marriage: The state of being married.
• Matrimony: The state or ceremony of being married; marriage.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "Eternal bachelorhood": A permanent state of being unmarried, often by choice.
  • His friends joked about his commitment to eternal bachelorhood.
• "The end of bachelorhood": The point when a man gets married, ending his unmarried life.
  • His stag party marked the symbolic end of his bachelorhood.

Noun

1. the state of being an unmarried man
2. the time of a man's life prior to marriage