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| Main Entry: | chaste |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pure, incorrupt |
| Synonyms: | austere, celibate, clean, continent, decent, decorous, elegant, immaculate, impotent, inexperienced, innocent, modest, moral, neat, platonic, proper, prudish, quiet, refined, restrained, simple, spotless, stainless, subdued, unaffected, unblemished, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, vestal, virtuous, wholesome, controlled, intemerate, monogamous, uncontaminated, unwed, virginal |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, defiled, dirty, lewd, wanton, unchaste |
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| Main Entry: | celibate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abstaining from sexual activity |
| Synonyms: | chaste, continent, pure, virgin, virtuous, virginal |
| Antonyms: | active, promiscuous |
| Main Entry: | holy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | religious, sacred |
| Synonyms: | angelic, believing, blessed, chaste, clean, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, devotional, devout, divine, faithful, faultless, god-fearing, godlike, godly, good, hallowed, humble, immaculate, innocent, just, moral, perfect, pious, pure, reverent, righteous, sacrosanct, saintly, sanctified, seraphic, spiritual, spotless, sublime, undefiled, unworldly, upright, venerable, virtuous, glorified, messianic, pietistic, prayerful, revered, sainted, saintlike, uncorrupt, untainted, venerated |
| Notes: | holey means having holes; holy means sacred or belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power; wholly means totally, completely, or entirely |
| Antonyms: | depraved, evil, immoral, irreligious, irreverent, sacrilegious, sinful, unholy, vile, wicked, unsacred |
| Main Entry: | moral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ethical, honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, blameless, chaste, conscientious, correct, courteous, decent, decorous, dutiful, elevated, exemplary, good, high-minded, honorable, immaculate, incorruptible, innocent, just, kindly, kosher*, laudable, meet, meritorious, modest, noble, praiseworthy, proper, pure, respectable, right, righteous, saintly, scrupulous, seemly, square, straight, true-blue*, trustworthy, truthful, upright, upstanding, virtuous, worthy, moralistic, principled, salt of the earth |
| Antonyms: | bad, corrupt, dishonest, evil, immoral, sinful, unethical, unprincipled, vile, amoral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spotless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very clean; innocent |
| Synonyms: | blameless, chaste, clean, decent, faultless, flawless, hygienic, immaculate, irreproachable, modest, pure, sanitary, shining, snowy, stainless, unblemished, undefiled, unimpeachable, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, above reproach, gleaming, unsoiled |
| Antonyms: | dirty, soiled, spotted, stained |
| Main Entry: | tasteful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nice, refined |
| Synonyms: | artistic, beautiful, charming, chaste, classical, classy, cultured, delectable, delicate, discriminating, elegant, exquisite, fastidious, fine, graceful, gratifying, handsome, harmonious, pleasing, plush, polished, posh, precise, pure, quiet, restrained, rich, savory, smart, snazzy*, spiffy*, stylish, subdued, tasty, unaffected, unobtrusive, aesthetically pleasing, cultivated, esthetic, in good taste, splendiferous, swank, uptown |
| Antonyms: | tasteless, unrefined, unsophisticated, unstylish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unblemished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not flawed |
| Synonyms: | chaste, clean, decent, faultless, flawless, immaculate, intact, modest, perfect, pure, sound, spotless, stainless, undamaged, undefiled, unhurt, unimpaired, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, whole, unflawed, uninjured, unmarked, unmarred, unspotted |
| Antonyms: | imperfect, blemished, flawed |
| Main Entry: | virtuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good, ethical; innocent |
| Synonyms: | blameless, celibate, chaste, effective, effectual, efficient, excellent, exemplary, faithful, guiltless, honest, honorable, incorruptible, inculpable, kosher*, moral, noble, on the level*, praiseworthy, pure, regular, righteous, spotless, straight, true-blue*, unsullied, untarnished, up front, upright, wholesome, worthy, clean-living, high-principled, in the clear, irreprehensible, legit, moralistic, on the up and up, principled, right-minded, untainted, without reproach |
| Antonyms: | bad, sinful, unethical, vile, wicked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sinless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free from sin |
| Synonyms: | blameless, chaste, guiltless, immaculate, innocent, perfect, pure, righteous, saintly, upright |
| Main Entry: | decent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectable, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | approved, becoming, befitting, chaste, clean, comely, conforming, continent, correct, decorous, delicate, ethical, fit, fitting, good, honest, honorable, immaculate, mannerly, modest, moral, nice, noble, polite, presentable, proper, prudent, pure, reserved, right, seemly, spotless, stainless, standard, straight, straight arrow*, suitable, trustworthy, unblemished, undefiled, untarnished, upright, virtuous, worthy, comme il faut, on the up and up, straight shooting |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, indecent, poor, unsuitable, unsuited, unrespectable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | innocent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blameless |
| Synonyms: | above suspicion, angelic, chaste, clean, clear, exemplary, faultless, good, guiltless, honest, immaculate, impeccable, inculpable, irreproachable, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, pristine, pure, righteous, safe, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, unimpeachable, unsullied, upright, virtuous, cleanhanded, crimeless, free of, guilt-free, impeccant, in the clear, not guilty, uncensurable, uncorrupt, uninvolved, unoffending, untainted, virginal |
| Antonyms: | bad, blamable, corrupt, evil, guilty, sinful |
| Main Entry: | modest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, demure, diffident, discreet, humble, lowly, meek, moderate, nice, proper, prudent, quiet, reserved, resigned, reticent, retiring, seemly, self-conscious, sheepish, silent, simple, temperate, timid, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpretentious, self-effacing, unassertive, unassured, unboastful, unpresuming, unpretending, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | arrogant, assured, bold, brave, conceited, courageous, proud, self-confident, egotistical, unabashed, unashamed |
| Main Entry: | austere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | refraining; abstinent |
| Synonyms: | abstemious, ascetic, chaste, continent, economical, puritanical, sober, strict, subdued, unrelenting, self-denying, self-disciplined, straightlaced |
| Antonyms: | elaborate, encouraging, extravagant, indulgent, spending |
| Main Entry: | immaculate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innocent, uncorrupted |
| Synonyms: | chaste, clean, decent, faultless, flawless, guiltless, modest, perfect, pure, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled, unsullied, untarnished, virtuous, above reproach, incorrupt, uncontaminated, unpolluted |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, defiled, immoral, impure, sinful |
| Main Entry: | stark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bare, unadorned |
| Synonyms: | au naturel, austere, bald, barren, bleak, chaste, clear, cold, depressing, desolate, dreary, empty, forsaken, grim, harsh, naked, nude, plain, raw, severe, solitary, stripped, uncovered, vacant, vacuous, void, unclad, unclothed, undraped |
| Antonyms: | clothed, covered |
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, unadorned |
| Synonyms: | austere, bald, basic, blunt, chaste, cold, essential, hard, literal, meager, mere, modest, severe, sheer, simple, spare, stark, unembellished, scant, unornamented |
| Antonyms: | adorned, decorated |
| Main Entry: | fair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful |
| Synonyms: | attractive, bonny, charming, chaste, comely, dainty, delicate, enchanting, exquisite, good-looking, handsome, lovely, pretty, pure, beauteous, pulchritudinous |
| Antonyms: | repulsive, ugly |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | proportion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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arborescent, arboriform, balanced, beautiful, branching, chaste, classic, coextensive, commensurate, dendriform, equal, finished, parallel, proportional, ramate, ramose, ramous, regular, severe, shapely, symmetrical, uniform, well, zygomorphic
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| Main Entry: | purity |
| Part of Speech: | noun1, noun2, noun3, noun |
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Adjectives: |
artistic, attic, chaste, ciceronian, classical, continent, correct, decent, decorous, delicate, easy, elegant, euphemistic, euphonious, felicitous, graceful, happy, honest, intemerate, jannock, meracious, modest, natural, neat, neatly expressed, neatly put, numerose, platonic, polished, pristine, pure, readable, rhythmical, saxon, smectic, tripping, unaffected, undefiled, unlabored, virtuous, well put
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| Main Entry: | simplicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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flat, ascetic, austere, bald, chaste, cynical, dry, dull, exoteric, free from affectation, free from ornament, homely, homespun, inornate, monotonous, neat, ordinary, over, pure, puritanical, saxon, severe, simple, simplistic, unadorned, unaffected, unarrayed, undecked, ungarnished, unornamented, untrimmed, unvaried, unvarnished
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