VIRTUOUS Synonyms

• having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

• morally admirable

• benefit

• moral excellence or admirableness

• that which is pleasing or valuable or useful

• a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes

• (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')

• completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')

• having the normally expected amount

• deserving of esteem and respect

• promoting or enhancing well-being

• agreeable or pleasing

• of moral excellence

• having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

• thorough

• with or in a close or intimate relationship

• financially safe

• most suitable or right for a particular purpose

• resulting favorably

• exerting force or influence

• capable of pleasing

• appealing to the mind

• in excellent physical condition

• tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health

• not forged

• not left to spoil

• generally admired

• free of extraneous elements of any kind

• (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

• (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• free from discordant qualities

• concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied

• in a state of sexual virginity

• characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice

• morally justified

• free of guilt; not subject to blame

• morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)

• pure and simple in design or style

• abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

• guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong

• characterized by extreme care and great effort

• conforming to conventions of sexual behavior

• in the right manner; correctly; suitably

• socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

• in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

• sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public

• observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress

• meeting requirements

• of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics

• conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior

• adhering to ethical and moral principles

• worthy of imitation

• being or serving as an illustration of a type

• serving to warn

• of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

• not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth

• without dissimulation; frank

• worthy of being depended on

• without pretensions

• not forged

• gained or earned without cheating or stealing

• not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth

• worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect

• adhering to ethical and moral principles

• deserving of esteem and respect

• free of corruption or immorality

• not decayed

• used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting

• fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

• free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

• and nothing more

• indicating exactness or preciseness

• only a moment ago

• (used for emphasis) absolutely

• only a very short time before

• possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true)

• exactly at this moment or the moment described

• by a little

• of moral excellence

• concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

• the significance of a story or event

• psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect

• of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times

• having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character

• a titled peer of the realm

• impressive in size, manner, or appearance

• inert especially toward oxygen

• based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality

• marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

• having all the qualities typical of the thing specified

• limited to the thing specified

• appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

• upright in position or posture

• a vertical structural member as a post or stake

• a piano with a vertical sounding board

• in a vertical position; not sloping

• of moral excellence

• of or relating to Vesta

• a chaste woman

• in a state of sexual virginity