Find the word that fits

Virtue: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Virtue

Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.

59 useful connections shown 18 reviewed relationships and 41 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Broader term 4

Good 76% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Goodness 76% connected

The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; go…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Morality 76% connected

The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentime…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Worth 76% connected

To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Narrower term 4

Honor 76% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Honour 76% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Pureness 76% connected

The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Purity 76% connected

The condition of being pure.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Derivationally related 4

Chaste 74% connected

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Chaste 74% connected

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Virtuous 74% connected

Possessing or exhibiting virtue.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Virtuous 74% connected

Possessing or exhibiting virtue.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Attribute 4

Chaste 66% connected

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Chaste 66% connected

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Unchaste 66% connected

Not chaste; not continent; lewd.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Unchaste 66% connected

Not chaste; not continent; lewd.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Synonym 2

Chastity 92% connected

The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Merit 92% connected

The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Explore further

Words from the same subject

These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.

Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.