Synonyms for chaste
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Pure — synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Synonym of austere, plain, unextravagant, particularly demure…
pure, pyore US, modest, simple, decorous, plain, righteous, austere, quiet, elegant, severe, unadorned, bare, moral, tasteful, proper, classical, decent, mere, refined, spartan, unaffected, neat
2. Virtuous — synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Synonym of virginal, innocent, having or providing no sexual…
virtuous, virginal, virgin, innocent, sexless, undefiled, immaculate, maiden, clean, uncontaminated, spotless, unsullied, sinless, unblemished, guiltless, untarnished, untainted, unspotted, pristine
Definitions
- adj. 1
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Synonym of virginal, innocent, having or providing no sexual knowledge or experience.
- adj. 2
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Synonym of austere, plain, unextravagant, particularly demure, sexually discreet.
Related words
- Word family
- chastely chasteness chastity
- Phrases
- chaste tree
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Chaste (primarily pure), denotes in literature and art that which is true to the higher and finer feelings and free from all excess or meretricious ornament.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- modest I have modest tastes. Wealth does not interest me.
- righteous A good Muslim strives to be good and righteous.
- austere The Wadden Sea is a landscape of austere beauty.
- virtuous A virtuous person doesn't lie, cheat, or steal.
By length
- 4 letters
- pure1, bare1, mere1, neat1
- 5 letters
- clean1, quiet2, moral2, plain1, pyore
- 6 letters
- simple2, proper2, severe2, decent2, virgin2, modest2, maiden2
- 7 letters
- elegant3, refined2, spartan2, austere2, sexless2, sinless
- 8 letters
- innocent3, pristine2, virtuous3, spotless2, tasteful2, celibate3, virginal3, decorous3
- 9 letters
- classical3, continent3, righteous2, temperate2, unsullied3, unadorned3, untainted3, guiltless2, undefiled, unspotted
- 10 letters
- immaculate4, unaffected4
- 11 letters
- unblemished3, untarnished
- 14 letters
- uncontaminated6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quiet2 = 2 syllables).