virtuous[adjective]Synonyms: good, ethical, honourable, incorruptible, moral, praiseworthy, righteous, upright, worthy
Antonyms: virtueless, unvirtuous, vicious
Contrasted words: dishonest, unjust, unworthy, impure, tainted, immodest, immoral, indecent, vicious, wicked, bad, unrighteous
Related Idioms: innocent as a lamb, in the clear, without reproach
Related Words: spotless,
unsullied,
untainted,
untarnished,
worthy,
faultless,
sinless [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
vir‧tu‧ous /ˈvɜːtʃuəs $ ˈvɜːr-/
adjective1. formal behaving in a very honest and moral way
Antonym : wicked:
a virtuous man Sue considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked.2. old use not willing to have sex, at least until you are married
—virtuously adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲