Thesaurus:virtuous
THESAURUS | virtuous |
English
Synonyms
- chaste
- continent
- correct
- delicate
- decent
- decorous
- desertful (obsolete)
- deserving
- dutiful
- duteous
- good [WS]
- honest [WS]
- innocent [WS]
- meritorious
- modest
- moral
- noble
- right
- right-minded
- righteous
- straight
- virtuous
- well-intentioned
- whole-souled
- worthy
Antonyms
- bad [WS]
- dishonest
- immodest
- immoral [WS]
- incontinent
- indecent
- obscene [WS]
- reprehensible
- risque
- shameless
- unchaste
- wicked
Hyponyms
- admirable
- exemplary
- excellent [WS]
- matchless
- peerless
- sterling
- —
- creditable
- commendable
- laudable
- praiseworthy
- —
- sanctimonious
- —
- angelic
- devout
- dutiful
- godlike
- godly
- heaven-born
- pious
- religious
- reverent
- reverential
- saintly
- saint-like
- seraphic
Hypernyms
- pure [WS]
See also
- Thesaurus:hero
- Thesaurus:goodness
- Thesaurus:model
Further reading
- “944. virtue” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “virtuous” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.