Thesaurus:virtuous
English
Adjective
Sense: having excellent moral character
Synonyms
- chaste
- continent
- correct
- delicate
- decent
- decorous
- desertful (obsolete)
- deserving
- dutiful
- duteous
- good [⇒ thesaurus]
- honest [⇒ thesaurus]
- innocent [⇒ thesaurus]
- meritorious
- modest
- moral
- noble
- right
- right-minded
- righteous
- straight
- uprighteous
- virtual (obsolete)
- virtuous
- well-intentioned
- whole-souled
- worthy
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- admirable
- exemplary
- excellent [⇒ thesaurus]
- matchless
- peerless
- sterling
- —
- creditable
- commendable
- laudable
- praiseworthy
- —
- sanctimonious
- —
- angelic [⇒ thesaurus]
- devout [⇒ thesaurus]
- dutiful
- godlike
- godly
- heaven-born
- pious
- religious
- reverent
- reverential
- saintly
- saint-like
- seraphic
Hypernyms
See also
Further reading
- “944. virtue” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “virtuous” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.