άγαμος — meaning in English

English meaning

• asexual adj Not experiencing sexual attraction to others.
• celibate adj Not married, or abstaining from sexual activity.
• single adj Being just one, on its own, without anything else alongside it.
• sole adjective Being the only one; single, exclusive.

Senses

άγαμος is used for these senses in English:

• asexual (especially, of a person) Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.
• asexual (biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.
• celibate (chiefly religious) Not married. [from 1827]
• celibate 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. [from 1869]
• single Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.
• sole (legal) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.

asexual — full definition

1. adj Not experiencing sexual attraction to others.
2. adj Reproducing without the fusion of sex cells from two parents, as in many plants, fungi, and simple organisms.
3. noun A person who does not experience sexual attraction.

celibate — full definition

1. adj Not married, or abstaining from sexual activity.
2. noun A person who abstains from marriage or sex, especially for religious reasons.

Related Greek words