| Main Entry: | continent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chaste, pure |
Synonyms: |
abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic, austere, bridled, celibate, curbed, inhibited, modest, restrained, self-restrained, sober, temperate |
Antonyms: |
impure, incontinent, unchaste |
| Main Entry: | abstemious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restraining behavior or appetite |
Synonyms: |
abstinent, ascetic, austere, continent, frugal, moderate, moderating, restrained, self-denying, self-restrained, sober, sparing, temperate |
Antonyms: |
gluttonous, greedy, hungry |
| Main Entry: | austere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | refraining; abstinent |
Synonyms: |
abstemious, ascetic, chaste, continent, economical, puritanical, self-denying, self-disciplined, sober, straightlaced, strict, subdued, unrelenting |
Antonyms: |
elaborate, encouraging, extravagant, indulgent, spending |
| Main Entry: | celibate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abstaining from sexual activity |
Synonyms: |
chaste, continent, pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous |
Antonyms: |
active, promiscuous |
| Main Entry: | chaste |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pure, incorrupt |
Synonyms: |
austere, celibate, clean, continent, controlled, decent, decorous, elegant, immaculate, impotent, inexperienced, innocent, intemerate, modest, monogamous, moral, neat, platonic, proper, prudish, quiet, refined, restrained, simple, spotless, stainless, subdued, unaffected, unblemished, uncontaminated, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, unwed, vestal, virginal, virtuous, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
corrupt, defiled, dirty, lewd, unchaste, wanton |
| Main Entry: | decent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectable, appropriate |
Synonyms: |
approved, becoming, befitting, chaste, clean, comely, comme il faut, conforming, continent, correct, decorous, delicate, ethical, fit, fitting, good, honest, honorable, immaculate, mannerly, modest, moral, nice, noble, on the up and up, polite, presentable, proper, prudent, pure, reserved, right, seemly, spotless, stainless, standard, straight, straight arrow, straight shooting, suitable, trustworthy, unblemished, undefiled, untarnished, upright, virtuous, worthy |
Antonyms: |
inappropriate, indecent, poor, unrespectable, unsuitable, unsuited |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth's surface; ownable property |
Synonyms: |
acreage, acres, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, dirt, district, earth, estate, expanse, extent, farming, farmland, field, ground, grounds, holding, home, homeland, loam, mainland, manor, nation, old sod, parcel, plot, province, purlieu, quarry, quinta, ranch, real estate, realty, region, shore, sod, soil, stretch, sweep, terra firma, terrain, territory, tillage, tract |
Antonyms: |
sea, sky |
| Main Entry: | pure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | virginal, chaste |
Synonyms: |
babe in woods, blameless, celibate, clean, continent, decent, exemplary, fresh, good, guileless, honest, immaculate, inculpable, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, kid, lily white, maidenly, modest, pure as driven snow, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, true, unblemished, unblighted, uncorrupted, undefiled, unprofaned, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, upright, virgin, virtuous, wet behind ears, wide-eyed |
Antonyms: |
corrupt, dirty, immodest, indecent, obscene, unchaste, vulgar |
| Main Entry: | sober |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not partaking of alcohol |
Synonyms: |
abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, calm, clear-headed, cold sober, continent, controlled, dry, moderate, nonindulgent, not drunk, on the wagon, restrained, sedate, self-possessed, serious, steady, temperate, took the pledge |
Antonyms: |
drunk, inebriated |
| Main Entry: | temperate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | controlled, sober |
Synonyms: |
abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, continent, moderate, restrained, self-restraining |
Antonyms: |
drunk, excessive, inebriated, uncontrolled |