Celibate

What do we mean by celibate?

Abstaining from sexual relations. adjective

Remaining unmarried, especially for religious reasons. adjective

One who abstains from sexual relations. noun

One who remains unmarried, especially for religious reasons. noun

A single life; celibacy. noun

One who adheres to or practises celibacy; a bachelor, especially a confirmed bachelor. noun

Unmarried; single: as, a celibate life.

To lead a single life. Fortnightly Rev.

Unmarried; single. adjective

Celibate state; celibacy. noun

One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry. noun

Not married. adjective

Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures. adjective

Person who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community. noun

An unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity noun

Abstaining from sexual intercourse adjective

One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.

A celibate state; celibacy.

Words that are spelled similarly to celibate:
celibate, delibate, celebrate, delicate, climate, calibrate, califate, celibacy, delibrate, deligate, ciliate, cellmate, religate, delirate, elixate, elimate, celibates, celiata, libate, celite, celibe.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word celibate:
celibacy, chastity, monasticism, asexual, ascetic, wig, clergy, monastic, heterosexual, priesthood, priestly, shaker, ordination, opus, widowed, priest, vegetarian, vow, unmarried, homosexual, dei, ordained, vows, homosexuality, monasteries, clerical, spiders, bisexual, consecrated, communal, buddhism, communion, lifestyle, lesbian, lime, marry, anglican, sexuality, monk, brotherhood, gay, apostolic, marriage, faithful, monastery, observe, ecclesiastical, buddhist, goddess, bishop, married, sex, unlikely, theological, orthodox, divine, relationships, catholic, archbishop, ritual, spiritual, armenian, discipline, tradition, sexual, pope, romantic, life, orders, punk, worship, seminary, lay, sisters, bachelor, theology, lives, men, belief, god, issued, controversy, church, christian, superior, religious, identify, rule, jesus, emerged, persons, relationship, retained, practice, women.

Words that rhyme with celibate:
celebate, flagella but, umbrella but.

Adjectives that are often used to describe celibate:
lifelong, old, young, long, natural, religious, true, male, ascetic, perpetual, strict, christian, voluntary, most, female, perfect, holy, professional, pious, eternal, professed, live, ordinary, involuntary, single, lonely, scrupulous, clerical, helpless, egotistical, fussy, presumptuous, courageous, alfresco, compulsory, cloistered, avowed, spiritual, miserable, complete, consecrated, quiet, unmarried, incorrigibly, reluctant, talkative, rigid, aged, grand, sexual, devoted, sixth, longer.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective celibate:
life, clergy, priests, priesthood, priest, women, monks, men, lives, state, monk, lifestyle, student, community, order, communities, marriage, existence, orders, ideal, males, woman, person, love, chastity, condition, clerics, ascetics, living, status, vocation, ascetic, members, monasticism, nuns, society, male, practice, shakers, commitment, vows, sect, asceticism, persons, machine, exclusivity, relationship, students, style, ministry, brotherhood, marriages, societies, church, bishops, cleric, missionary, simpleton, christians, tradition, clergymen, monasteries, vow, jesus, sisters, scholar, hierarchy, essenes, nun, madam, theologians, career, studentship, bachelor, clergyman, friendship, recluse, sexuality, brothers, path, fellows, saint, saints, devotees, widow, lamas.

Consonant match to celibate:
celebate, solo but.

Words that sound like celibate:
celibate, celibates, delibate, celebrate, sellable, ciliate, sailboat, halibut, sail boat, saliba, selbst, slip out, sailing boat, syllable, syllabus, syllabi, syllabise, syllabled, syllabize, celibacy, celebrant, salable, silly putty, celebacy, saleable, celebre, sealable, sailable, silybum, set about, silbert, sleigh bed, cellarette, see about, silhouette, slipped, snippet, sellout, salut, selby, salat, self-pity, slipt, cellmate, sell out, sabot, sorbate, cell mate, soldat, self-hate, sell-out, sackbut, sallet, selling out, solaced, selenite, sleepout, solat, self hate, sippet, salet, sylhet, sleep out, sacbut, sally out, skippet, syllables, select, celeb, celeste, solicit, celebs, syllabic, solent, silicate, celest, syllabe, celebes, syllabub, syllabary, sabet, kilobit, sillabub, salopettes, scilicet, zealot, sillhouette, helipad, silsbee, zibit, cess pit, cilia, celebrates, sabbat, cesspit, celebrator, celebrater, cenobite, ciliates, mill about.