noun · neutral
widower
UK/ˈwɪdəʊə(r)/US/ˈwɪdoʊər/WI·dow·er
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a man whose wife has died and who has not remarried
Examples
“After his wife died he lived as a widower for many years.”
“He is a widower with three grown children.”
“The widower remarried last year.”
Band 8 sentence
“As a widower, he found social groups for bereaved men helpful in coping with his loss.”
Collocations
- a widower with
- become a widower
Word family
widow nounwidowed adjective
Common mistakes
widow→widower
Say it for a higher band
5widow/widower (confused)→6bereaved→7+widower
Synonyms
bereaved man
Easily confused
widow
“She became a widow after her husband passed away.”
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