Virtuous Synonyms and Antonyms

vûrcho͝o-əs
In accordance with principles of right or good conduct
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. right
  2. ethical
  3. moral
  4. principled
  5. proper
  6. righteous
  7. rightful
  8. right-minded
Antonyms:
  1. bad
  2. unethical
  3. wicked
  4. sinful
  5. vile
Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. pure
  2. chaste
  3. good
  4. virginal
  5. virgin
  6. decent
  7. continent
  8. modest
  9. ethical
  10. exemplary
  11. nice
  12. honest
  13. honorable
  14. innocent
  15. just
  16. moral
  17. moralistic
  18. noble
  19. vestal
  20. principled
  21. righteous
  22. spotless
  23. unsullied
  24. upright
  25. valiant
  26. worthy
Antonyms:
  1. wicked
Morally pure
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. good
  2. upright
Having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. moral

Words Related to Virtuous

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Virtuous Sentence Examples

  • She was the most honest and virtuous woman that he had ever met.

  • The virtuous man is pure, not in act only, but also in heart.

  • For if the pleasure of virtuous activity is a supervening end beyond the activity, it becomes a supervening end beyond the happiness of virtuous activity, which thus ceases to be the final end.

  • The souls of the virtuous pass after death into ever new incarnations of greater perfection, till at last they reach a point at which they can be re-absorbed into the Deity itself; those of the wicked may be degraded to the level of camels or dogs.

  • The higher happiness is given to man by free grace of God; but it is given to those only whose heart is right, and as a reward of virtuous actions.

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