old maid

Meaning

1. (countable, derogatory, uncountable) An old woman who has never married; a spinster.
2. (countable, uncountable) The Madagascar periwinkle.
3. (countable, uncountable) The common zinnia.
4. (countable, uncountable) An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels.
5. (uncountable) A card game in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "old maid".
6. (countable, uncountable) The unmatchable card in that game.

Synonyms

spinster

Cape periwinkle

Madagascar periwinkle

old maid flower

rose periwinkle

periwinkle

red periwinkle

Vinca rosea

cayenne jasmine

Catharanthus roseus

zinnia

Indian thread-finned trevally

Indian threadfin

Indian threadfin trevally

Indian threadfish

diamond fish

black Maria

Indian mirrorfish

diamond trevally

mirrorfish

large thread-fin jackfish

mirror fish

bachelor

plumed trevally

frump

hag

prig

prude

puritan

single

unmarried

horse mackerel

older unmarried woman

living without one’s mother-in-law

Translations

solterona

vieille fille

zinnia