Home › Words › W › widowerwidower/ˈwɪdoʊɚ/widower means A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.widower is pronounced /ˈwɪdoʊɚ/.EtymologyFrom Middle English widwer, equivalent to widow + -er.nounA man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.e.g.“Tears of the widower, when he sees A late-lost form that sleep reveals, And moves his doubtful arms, and feels Her place is empty, fall like these; […]” — 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 20:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.widowed 75% match — Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower. vs widower →widowered 74% match — Widowed; left a widower. vs widower →widowership 73% match — The state of being a widower. vs widower →widowity 70% match — Synonym of widowhood. vs widower →widowhood 68% match — The state or period of being a widow or widower. vs widower →widowish 68% match — Characteristic of a widow. vs widower →widowess 67% match — widow vs widower →widowlike 65% match — Resembling or characteristic of a widow. vs widower →