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Widower

🔄 Synonyms of "Widower"

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Word	Definition
widowmannoun	(archaic) A widower.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Widower"

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Word	Definition
widowmannoun	(archaic) A widower.
widownoun	A person who has lost a spouse and not remarried:
widowhoodnoun	The state or period of being a widow or widower.
widowed	(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.
remarriagenoun	a second or subsequent marriage
husbandnoun	A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
survivornoun	One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.
widderernoun	Pronunciation spelling of widower. [A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow. [from 14th c.]]
widdernoun	A surname from German.
widowershipnoun	The state of being a widower.
war widownoun	The wife of a person in the armed forces killed in a war (and sometimes in other military action).
widowerhoodnoun	The state or period of being a widower.
grass widowernoun	A married man whose spouse is away.
relictnoun	(formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
warwidownoun	Alternative form of war widow. [The wife of a person in the armed forces killed in a war (and sometimes in other military action).]
widowessnoun	widow
widdynoun	(Scotland, obsolete) A rope or halter made of flexible twigs or withes or such
widowerynoun	(rare) widowerhood
widow's mannoun	(historical) A fictitious person in the navy, whose pay and allowances went into a fund for widows' pensions.
military widownoun	The widow of a soldier who was killed while in active service.