Virtuous

//ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs//

Synonyms for "virtuous" (173 found)

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Adjective(4 words)
duteousdutifulhonestinnocent

Related words (86)

Adjective(4 words)
purevestalvirginvirginal

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Translations

68 translations across 43 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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  • ἐνάρετος adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Arabic

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  • فَاضِل adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Armenian

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  • առաքինի adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Belarusian

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  • дабрадзе́йны adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • цно́тлівы adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • цно́тны adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Bengali

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  • নেক adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • ফাজেল adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Bulgarian

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  • доброде́телен adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • целомъ́дрен adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Catalan

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  • virtuós adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 有德行的 adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • 有道德的 adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • 貞 /贞 adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Czech

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  • ctnostný adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Danish

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  • dydig adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Dutch

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  • deugdzaam adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Esperanto

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  • virta adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Finnish

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  • hyveellinen adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

French

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  • vertueux adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Galician

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  • virtuoso adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Georgian

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  • სათნო adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • უმანკო adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • უმწიკვლო adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

German

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  • tugendhaft adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • tugendsam adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • züchtig adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Greek

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  • ενάρετος adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • ηθικός adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Ido

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  • vertuoza adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Italian

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  • virtuoso adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Japanese

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  • 徳の高い adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Latin

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  • probus adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Latvian

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  • tikumīgs adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • šķīsts adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Macedonian

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  • до́блестен adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • доброде́телен adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Māori

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  • ngākaupai adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • tapatahi adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Navajo

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  • yáʼátʼéehii adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • dydig adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Occitan

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  • virtuós adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Old High German

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  • chiusce adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Plautdietsch

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  • sitlich adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Polish

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  • cnotliwy adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Portuguese

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  • digno adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • nobre adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • virtuoso adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Romanian

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  • virtuos adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Russian

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  • доброде́тельный adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • целому́дренный adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Sanskrit

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  • गुणज्ञ adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • vȑlī adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • вр̏лӣ adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Slovak

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  • cnostný adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Slovene

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  • čednosten adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Spanish

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  • virtuoso adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Swedish

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  • dygdesam adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • dygdig adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Turkish

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  • erdemli adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • faziletli adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Ukrainian

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  • доброче́сний adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • цнотли́вий adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • чеснотли́вий adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Vietnamese

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  • có đạo đức adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • có đức hạnh adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • tiết hạnh adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)
  • đoan chính adj (full of virtue; having excellent moral character)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Any virtuous idea can be vicious in itself.

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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.

Source: tatoeba (411784)

For, as blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

Source: tatoeba (411992)

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Source: tatoeba (833243)

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