Virtue

//ˈvɜːt͡ʃuː//

Synonyms for "virtue" (245 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (49)

Noun(1 words)
chastity

Strong matches (74)

Related words (122)

main forcemain strengthmanamanfulnessmanhoodmanlinessmarkmartial spiritmightmight and mainmightinessmilitary spiritmoral excellencemoral strengthmoralemoralsmoxiemuscle powernicenessnobility
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on account ofowing toperfectionpietypizzazzpleasantnesspooppot-valorpotencepotencypotentialitypowerpower packpower structurepower strugglepowerfulnessprepotencyprinciplesprobityproductivenessproductivityprofitablenesspropertyprowesspuissancepullpunchpurenesspuritypushqualityrectitudereputabilityrespectabilityrewardingnessrightrighteousnessrightnesssaintlinesssavoir-fairesavorsexual innocencesignificancesinewskillfulnesssnowinesssoldierly qualitysoundnessspotlessnessstainlessnessstalwartnessstaturesteamstoutheartednessstoutnessstrengthstrong armsuperioritysuperpowertaintlessnessthanks totraitunblemishednessunblottednessuncorruptnessundefilednessunimpeachabilityunimpeachablenessunsoilednessunspottednessunstainednessunsulliednessuntaintednessuprightnessupstandingnessusefulnessvaliancevaliancyvalidityvalorvalorousnessvaluevehemencevigorvimvirginityvirilityvirtuousnessvirulencevitalitywattageweightwhitenesswholenessworthworthiness
Adjective(1 words)
utility

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11 relation types

More general

4 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

9 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

22 entries

Showing 16 of 22 words.

distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

30 entries

Showing 16 of 30 words.

Translations

226 translations across 85 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • deug noun (excellence in morals)
  • deug noun (a good model quality)

Albanian

3 entries
  • dhunti noun (excellence in morals)
  • dhurëti noun (excellence in morals)
  • virtyt noun (excellence in morals)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀρετή noun (excellence in morals)

Arabic

4 entries
  • طَهَارَة noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • عِفَّة noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • فَضِيلَة noun (excellence in morals)
  • فَضِيلَة noun (a good model quality)

Armenian

1 entries
  • առաքինություն noun (excellence in morals)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • fəzilət noun (excellence in morals)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • го́днасць noun (a good model quality)
  • го́днасьць noun (a good model quality)
  • дабрачы́ннасць noun (excellence in morals)
  • дабрачы́ннасьць noun (excellence in morals)

Bengali

2 entries
  • গুণ noun (excellence in morals)
  • সদ্গুণ noun (excellence in morals)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вя́рност noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • до́блест noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • доброде́тел noun (excellence in morals)
  • добродетел noun (an exemplary quality)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ပါရမီ noun (excellence in morals)
  • သီလ noun (excellence in morals)
  • အလိမ္မာ noun (excellence in morals)

Catalan

4 entries
  • virtut noun (excellence in morals)
  • virtut noun (a good model quality)
  • virtut noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • virtut noun (an exemplary quality)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • birtud noun (excellence in morals)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 德 noun (excellence in morals)
  • 美德 noun (excellence in morals)
  • 美德 noun (a good model quality)
  • 美德 noun (an exemplary quality)

Czech

1 entries
  • ctnost noun (excellence in morals)

Danish

4 entries
  • dyd noun (excellence in morals)
  • dyd noun (a good model quality)
  • dyd noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • dyd noun (an exemplary quality)

Dutch

4 entries
  • deugd noun (excellence in morals)
  • deugd noun (a good model quality)
  • deugd noun (an exemplary quality)
  • deugdzaamheid noun (excellence in morals)

Estonian

1 entries
  • voorus noun (excellence in morals)

Finnish

4 entries
  • avu noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • etu noun (an exemplary quality)
  • hyve noun (a good model quality)
  • hyveellisyys noun (excellence in morals)

French

4 entries
  • vertu noun (excellence in morals)
  • vertu noun (a good model quality)
  • vertu noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • vertu noun (in angelology)

Friulian

1 entries
  • virtût noun (excellence in morals)

Galician

3 entries
  • virtude noun (excellence in morals)
  • virtude noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • virtude noun (an exemplary quality)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ეფექტურობა noun (an exemplary quality)
  • პატიოსნება noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • სათნოება noun (a good model quality)
  • სათნოება noun (chastity and faithfulness)

German

4 entries
  • Keuschheit noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • Tugend noun (excellence in morals)
  • Tugend noun (a good model quality)
  • Tugend noun (an exemplary quality)

Greek

1 entries
  • αρετή noun (excellence in morals)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מַעֲלַת טֻכֹּות noun (in angelology)
  • מַעֲלַת סֻכֹּות noun (in angelology)
  • מַעֲלָה noun (in angelology)
  • סְגֻלָּה noun (excellence in morals)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अच्छाई noun (excellence in morals)
  • गुण noun (excellence in morals)
  • नेकी noun (excellence in morals)
  • बल noun (a good model quality)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • erény noun (excellence in morals)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • dyggð noun (excellence in morals)

Ido

1 entries
  • vertuo noun (excellence in morals)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • birtud noun (excellence in morals)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • fadilat noun (a good model quality)
  • kebajikan noun (excellence in morals)

Interlingua

4 entries
  • virtute noun (excellence in morals)
  • virtute noun (a good model quality)
  • virtute noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • virtute noun (an exemplary quality)

Irish

1 entries
  • suáilce noun (excellence in morals)

Italian

4 entries
  • merito noun (an exemplary quality)
  • virtù noun (excellence in morals)
  • virtù noun (a good model quality)
  • virtù noun (chastity and faithfulness)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 力天使 noun (in angelology)
  • 徳 noun (excellence in morals)
  • 純潔 noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • 美徳 noun (excellence in morals)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ізгілік noun (excellence in morals)

Khmer

4 entries
  • កុសល noun (excellence in morals)
  • គុណ noun (excellence in morals)
  • គុណធម៌ noun (excellence in morals)
  • បារមី noun (excellence in morals)

Korean

4 entries
  • 덕 noun (excellence in morals)
  • 미덕 noun (excellence in morals)
  • 미덕 noun (a good model quality)
  • 미덕 noun (an exemplary quality)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • изгилик noun (excellence in morals)
  • кайрымдуу noun (excellence in morals)

Lao

3 entries
  • ກຸສົນ noun (excellence in morals)
  • ຄຸນ noun (excellence in morals)
  • ຄຸນນະທຳ noun (excellence in morals)

Latin

2 entries
  • virtūs noun (excellence in morals)
  • virtūs noun (a good model quality)

Latvian

1 entries
  • tikums noun (excellence in morals)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • dorybė noun (excellence in morals)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • доблест noun (excellence in morals)
  • доблест noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • добродетел noun (excellence in morals)

Malay

3 entries
  • fadzilat noun (excellence in morals)
  • kebaikan noun (excellence in morals)
  • kebajikan noun (excellence in morals)

Middle English

1 entries
  • honeste noun (excellence in morals)

Māori

1 entries
  • ngākaupai noun (excellence in morals)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • fezîlet noun (excellence in morals)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • dyd noun (excellence in morals)
  • dyd noun (a good model quality)
  • dyd noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • dyd noun (an exemplary quality)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • dygd noun (excellence in morals)

Old English

2 entries
  • cræft noun (excellence in morals)
  • cræft noun (a good model quality)

Old Norse

3 entries
  • dygð noun (excellence in morals)
  • dygð noun (a good model quality)
  • dygð noun (chastity and faithfulness)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • ناموس noun (chastity and faithfulness)

Pangasinan

1 entries
  • birtud noun (excellence in morals)

Pashto

1 entries
  • فضيلت noun (excellence in morals)

Persian

4 entries
  • حسن noun (excellence in morals)
  • خوبی noun (excellence in morals)
  • ستودگی noun (excellence in morals)
  • فضیلت noun (excellence in morals)

Polish

2 entries
  • cnota noun (excellence in morals)
  • godność noun (a good model quality)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • virtude noun (excellence in morals)
  • virtude noun (a good model quality)
  • virtude noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • virtude noun (an exemplary quality)

Romanian

1 entries
  • virtute noun (excellence in morals)

Russian

4 entries
  • ве́рность noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • доброде́тель noun (excellence in morals)
  • доброде́тель noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • досто́инство noun (a good model quality)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • गुण noun (an exemplary quality)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • vrlìna noun (excellence in morals)
  • врлѝна noun (excellence in morals)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • virtuti noun (excellence in morals)

Slovak

1 entries
  • cnosť noun (excellence in morals)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vrlina noun (excellence in morals)

Solon

1 entries
  • buyaa noun (excellence in morals)

Spanish

4 entries
  • virtud noun (excellence in morals)
  • virtud noun (a good model quality)
  • virtud noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • virtud noun (an exemplary quality)

Swedish

4 entries
  • dygd noun (excellence in morals)
  • dygd noun (a good model quality)
  • dygd noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • dygd noun (an exemplary quality)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • birtud noun (excellence in morals)

Tajik

4 entries
  • некӯкор noun (excellence in morals)
  • некӯӣ noun (excellence in morals)
  • фазилат noun (excellence in morals)
  • ҳусн noun (excellence in morals)

Tamil

1 entries
  • விருடம் noun (excellence in morals)

Tatar

1 entries
  • изгелек noun (excellence in morals)

Telugu

2 entries
  • సుగుణం noun (excellence in morals)
  • సుగుణం noun (a good model quality)

Thai

4 entries
  • กุศล noun (excellence in morals)
  • คุณ noun (excellence in morals)
  • คุณธรรม noun (excellence in morals)
  • บารมี noun (excellence in morals)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • དགེ་བ noun (excellence in morals)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kärtsauñe noun (a good model quality)

Turkish

4 entries
  • arılık noun (chastity and faithfulness)
  • erdem noun (excellence in morals)
  • erdem noun (a good model quality)
  • fazilet noun (excellence in morals)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • fazylet noun (excellence in morals)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • гі́дність noun (a good model quality)
  • доброче́сність noun (excellence in morals)
  • цнотли́вість noun (excellence in morals)

Urdu

3 entries
  • اَچّھائی noun (excellence in morals)
  • فَضِیلَت noun (excellence in morals)
  • نیکی noun (excellence in morals)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • پەزىلەت noun (excellence in morals)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • fazilat noun (excellence in morals)

Venetan

1 entries
  • vertù noun (excellence in morals)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • đức noun (excellence in morals)

Welsh

2 entries
  • rhinwedd noun (excellence in morals)
  • rhinwedd noun (a good model quality)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She became rich by virtue of hard work and good business sense.

Source: tatoeba (18846)

Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.

Source: tatoeba (20061)

The journalist was too upset to distinguish vice from virtue.

Source: tatoeba (20194)

The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.

Source: tatoeba (22067)

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