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bachelor

noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈbæt͡ʃ.lɚ/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈbɛt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/
  • CMU ARPABET: B AE1 CH AH0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: B AE1 CH L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: wedder

2

noun

Meaning 2

The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baccalaureate

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A bachelor apartment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An unmarried woman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a man who has never been married

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unmarried man

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: man, adult male

10

noun

Meaning 10

a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: knight

11

verb

Meaning 11

lead a bachelor's existence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bach

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: live

History

Etymology

From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).

Across languages

Translations

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: jonkman — unmarried man
  • Afrikaans: vrygesel — unmarried man
  • Afrikaans: jonggesel — unmarried man
  • Afrikaans: oujongkêrel — unmarried man
  • Afrikaans: jongkêrel — unmarried man
  • Albanian: beqar — unmarried man
  • Southern Altai: бойдоҥ (boydoŋ) — unmarried man
  • Arabic: أَعْزَب (ʔaʕzab) — unmarried man
  • Arabic: عَازِب (ʕāzib) — unmarried man
  • Armenian: ամուրի (amuri) — unmarried man
  • Armenian: ազաբ (azab) — unmarried man
  • Azerbaijani: subay — unmarried man
  • Bashkir: буйҙаҡ (buyźaq) — unmarried man
  • Belarusian: халасця́к (xalascják) — unmarried man
  • Belarusian: халасьця́к (xalasʹcják) — unmarried man
  • Belarusian: кавале́р (kavaljér) — unmarried man
  • Belarusian: халасты́ (xalastý) — unmarried man
  • Bulgarian: ерге́н (ergén) — unmarried man
  • Bulgarian: бекя́р (bekjár) — unmarried man
  • Burmese: လူပျို (lu-pyui) — unmarried man
  • Catalan: solter — unmarried man
  • Catalan: fadrí — unmarried man
  • Catalan: fadrinot — unmarried man
  • Central Bikol: soltero — unmarried man
  • Chichewa: mlumbwana — unmarried man
  • Chinese Cantonese: 寡佬 (gwaa2 lou2) — unmarried man
  • Chinese Cantonese: 單身寡佬 /单身寡佬 (daan1 san1 gwaa2 lou2) — unmarried man
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單身漢 /单身汉 (dānshēnhàn) — unmarried man
  • Czech: starý mládenec — unmarried man
  • Danish: ungkarl — unmarried man
  • Dutch: vrijgezel — unmarried man
  • Esperanto: fraŭlo — unmarried man
  • Estonian: poissmees — unmarried man
  • Finnish: poikamies — unmarried man
  • Finnish: vanhapoika — unmarried man
  • French: célibataire — unmarried man
  • Galician: mozo solteiro — unmarried man
  • Galician: solteiro — unmarried man
  • Georgian: უცოლო (ucolo) — unmarried man
  • German: Junggeselle — unmarried man
  • Greek: εργένης (ergénis) — unmarried man
  • Ancient Greek: ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos) — unmarried man
  • Gujarati: કુંવારો (kũvāro) — unmarried man
  • Hebrew: רווק — unmarried man
  • Hebrew: רַוָּק (ravák) — unmarried man
  • Hindi: अविवाहित (avivāhit) — unmarried man
  • Hungarian: agglegény — unmarried man
  • Icelandic: piparsveinn — unmarried man
  • Icelandic: einhleyplingur — unmarried man
  • Icelandic: ókvæntur maður — unmarried man
  • Ido: celibulo — unmarried man
  • Indonesian: selibat — unmarried man
  • Ingrian: vanhapoika — unmarried man
  • Irish: baitsiléir — unmarried man
  • Italian: scapolo — unmarried man
  • Italian: celibe — unmarried man
  • Italian: zito — unmarried man
  • Italian: zitello — unmarried man
  • Japanese: 独身者 (dokushinsha) — unmarried man
  • Karakalpak: boydaq — unmarried man
  • Kazakh: бойдақ (boidaq) — unmarried man
  • Khmer: កំលោះ (kɑmlɑh) — unmarried man
  • Korean: 독신자 (doksinja) — unmarried man
  • Korean: 총각 (chonggak) — unmarried man
  • Kyrgyz: бойдок (boydok) — unmarried man
  • Ladin: vedl mut — unmarried man
  • Ladino: bekar — unmarried man
  • Ladino: bekyar — unmarried man
  • Ladino: mansevu (Monastir) — unmarried man
  • Latin: baccalaureus — unmarried man
  • Latvian: vecpuisis — unmarried man
  • Lithuanian: viengungis — unmarried man
  • Luxembourgish: Jonggesell — unmarried man
  • Macedonian: ерген (ergen) — unmarried man
  • Macedonian: беќар (beḱar) — unmarried man
  • Māori: takakau — unmarried man
  • Māori: tāne takakau — unmarried man
  • Navajo: beʼesdzą́ą́ ádinii — unmarried man
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ungkar — unmarried man
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ungkar — unmarried man
  • Old English: hagosteald — unmarried man
  • Oromo: qeerroo — unmarried man
  • Iranian Persian: عَزْب (azb) — unmarried man
  • Iranian Persian: مُتَعَزِّب (mota'azzeb) — unmarried man
  • Plautdietsch: Betschla — unmarried man
  • Polish: kawaler — unmarried man
  • Portuguese: solteirão — unmarried man
  • Portuguese: solteiro — unmarried man
  • Romanian: flăcău — unmarried man
  • Romanian: becher — unmarried man
  • Russian: холостя́к (xolostják) — unmarried man
  • Russian: холосто́й (xolostój) — unmarried man
  • Scottish Gaelic: fleasgach — unmarried man
  • Scottish Gaelic: seana-ghille — unmarried man
  • Serbo-Croatian: нѐжења — unmarried man
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѐћа̄р — unmarried man
  • Serbo-Croatian: nèženja — unmarried man
  • Serbo-Croatian: bèćār — unmarried man
  • Slovak: starý mládenec — unmarried man
  • Slovene: samec — unmarried man
  • Sotho: lesoha — unmarried man
  • Spanish: solterón — unmarried man
  • Swahili: kapera — unmarried man
  • Swahili: mseja — unmarried man
  • Swedish: ungkarl — unmarried man
  • Tagalog: baguntao — unmarried man
  • Tajik: муҷаррад (mujarrad) — unmarried man
  • Tarifit: aneybu — unmarried man
  • Tatar: буйдак (buydaq) — unmarried man
  • Thai: คนโสด (kon-sòot) — unmarried man
  • Thai: ชายโสด — unmarried man
  • Tibetan: ཕོ་ཧྲང (pho hrang) — unmarried man
  • Turkish: bekâr — unmarried man
  • Ottoman Turkish: بكار (bekâr) — unmarried man
  • Ukrainian: холостя́к (xolostják) — unmarried man
  • Ukrainian: па́рубок (párubok) — unmarried man
  • Ukrainian: неодру́жений (neodrúženyj) — unmarried man
  • Ukrainian: кавале́р (kavalér) — unmarried man
  • Ukrainian: холости́й (xolostýj) — unmarried man
  • Uyghur: بويتاق (boytaq) — unmarried man
  • Uzbek: boʻydoq — unmarried man
  • Vietnamese: người chưa kết hôn — unmarried man
  • Welsh: dyn sengl — unmarried man
  • Woiwurrung: yan'yean — unmarried man
  • Yiddish: בחור (bokher) — unmarried man
  • Afrikaans: baccalaureusgraad — bachelor's degree
  • Afrikaans: baccalaureaat — bachelor's degree
  • Belarusian: бакала́ўр (bakaláwr) — bachelor's degree
  • Bulgarian: бакала́вър (bakalávǎr) — bachelor's degree
  • Danish: bachelor — bachelor's degree
  • Danish: bachelorgrad — bachelor's degree
  • Esperanto: bakalaŭreco — bachelor's degree
  • Finnish: kandidaatin tutkinto — bachelor's degree
  • French: licence — bachelor's degree
  • French: bachelor — bachelor's degree
  • Galician: grao — bachelor's degree
  • Galician: diplomatura — bachelor's degree
  • German: Bachelor — bachelor's degree
  • Greek: πτυχίο λυτείας (ptychío lyteías) — bachelor's degree
  • Greek: πτυχίο (ptychío) — bachelor's degree
  • Indonesian: kesarjanaan — bachelor's degree
  • Italian: baccelliere — bachelor's degree
  • Italian: laurea — bachelor's degree
  • Khmer: បរិញ្ញា (paʼrɨññaa) — bachelor's degree
  • Latvian: bakalaurs — bachelor's degree
  • Lithuanian: bakalauras — bachelor's degree
  • Polish: bakalaureat — bachelor's degree
  • Portuguese: bacharelado — bachelor's degree
  • Russian: бакала́вр (bakalávr) — bachelor's degree
  • Slovak: bakalárstvo — bachelor's degree
  • Slovak: bakalaureát — bachelor's degree
  • Spanish: bachiller — bachelor's degree
  • Spanish: título de grado — bachelor's degree
  • Spanish: licenciatura — bachelor's degree
  • Swedish: kandidat — bachelor's degree
  • Tagalog: batsilyer — bachelor's degree
  • Tagalog: dalubhasa — bachelor's degree
  • Ukrainian: бакала́вр (bakalávr) — bachelor's degree
  • Welsh: gradd baglor — bachelor's degree
  • Armenian: բակալավր (bakalavr) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Belarusian: бакала́ўр (bakaláwr) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Bulgarian: бакала́вър (bakalávǎr) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 學士 /学士 (xuéshì) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Czech: bakalář — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Czech: bakalářka — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Danish: bachelor — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Dutch: bachelor — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Esperanto: bakalaŭro — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Finnish: kandidaatti — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Galician: diplomado — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Galician: graduado — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Georgian: ბაკალავრი (baḳalavri) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • German: Bachelor — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Greek: πτυχιούχος (ptychioúchos) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Hebrew: בּוֹגֵר (bogér) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Ido: bachelero — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Indonesian: sarjana — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Japanese: 学士 (gakushi) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Khmer: បរិញ្ញា (paʼrɨññaa) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Korean: 학사 (haksa) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Latvian: bakalaurs — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bachelor — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bachelor — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Polish: licencjat — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Polish: bakałarz — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Portuguese: bacharel — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Russian: бакала́вр (bakalávr) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Slovak: bakalár — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Slovak: bakalárka — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Spanish: bachiller — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Spanish: licenciado — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Swedish: kandidat — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Thai: บัณฑิต (ban-dìt) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Ukrainian: бакала́вр (bakalávr) — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Welsh: baglor — person who has achieved bachelor's degree
  • Dutch: studio — (Canada) single room apartment
  • Finnish: yksiö — (Canada) single room apartment
  • Polish: kawalerka — (Canada) single room apartment
  • Swedish: etta — (Canada) single room apartment
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