Virtuous

English

Adjective

Virtuous (comparative more Virtuous, superlative most Virtuous)

1. full of virtue, having excellent moral character

Synonyms

• good
• righteous

Derived terms

• virtuousness

Related terms

• virtual
• virtue
• virtuosity

Adverbs for Virtuous

pretentiously; unctuously; pharasaically; ostentatiously; actually; notably; entirely; conspicuously; apparently; supposedly; utterly; unquestionably; manifestly; palpably; definitely; remarkably; honestly; sincerely.

Thesaurus

Christian, advantageous, angelic, auspicious, beneficial, benevolent, blameless, blotless, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, chaste, clean, cleanly, cogent, commendable, creditable, decent, effectual, efficacious, efficient, elegant, erect, estimable, ethical, excellent, exemplary, expedient, fair, fair-minded, faithful, famous, faultless, favorable, fine, full of integrity, godly, good, goodly, grand, guiltless, healthy, helpful, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, immaculate, in the clear, incorruptible, inculpable, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, just, kind, laudable, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, moral, moralistic, nice, noble, pleasant, principled, profitable, proper, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, regal, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, royal, saintlike, saintly, scrupulous, seraphic, sexually innocent, sinless, skillful, snowy, sound, splendid, spotless, stainless, sterling, straight, taintless, true, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, trustworthy, unblamable, unblemished, unblotted, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, useful, valid, very good, virgin, virginal, white, without reproach, worthy, yeomanly

Etymology

From Middle English, Anglo Norman, ultimately from Late Latin virtuōsus < Latin virtūs.

Pronunciation

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Translations

full of virtue, having excellent moral character

Armenian: առաքինի (hy) (aṙak’ini) French: vertueux (fr) m., vertueuse (fr) f.

Italian: virtuoso (it) m. Swedish: dygdig (sv), dygdesam (sv)

External links

• Virtuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Virtuous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911