If you know someone whose husband or wife has died, you can describe that person as widowed. A man whose spouse has died is typically called a widower, while a woman is a widow. Both men and women can be described with the adjective widowed if their partners are no longer alive.

What is the different between widow and widower?

A widow is a woman whose spouse has died; a widower is a man whose spouse has died.

Is a husband a widow or widower?

When a man loses his wife, he becomes a widower. The equivalent name for a woman whose husband dies is a widow. In many cases, a man is only referred to as a widower if he has not remarried. Both a widow and a widower are described as being widowed.