chaste

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. virtuous, pure, undefiled, clean, innocent; simple, classic, severe. See innocence, simpleness, elegance, celibacy, cleanness. Ant., libidinous, wanton.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Restrained]

Syn. classic, classical, pure, simple, modest, Spartan, academic, severe, prudish, subdued, disciplined, inornate, unadorned; see also modest 2 .

Ant. ornate*, gaudy*, rococo.

2. [Morally pure]

Syn. moral, virtuous, modest, decent, proper, pure, innocent, virginal, immaculate, unstained, clean, unblemished, unsullied, undefiled, uncontaminated, spotless, wholesome, decorous, pure as the driven snow; see also decent 2 , innocent 4 , pure 2 , righteous 1 .

Ant. unchaste, coarse, debauched, debased.

3. [Sexually abstinent]

Syn. virgin, celibate, continent, abstinent, abstemious, platonic, controlled, virtuous, monogamous, frigid, impotent, virginal, unmarried, unwed.

Ant. lewd*, lascivious, lecherous.

Syn.- chaste and virtuous , in this connection, imply forbearance from acts or thoughts that do not accord with virginity or strict marital fidelity; pure implies chastity through innocence and an absence of seductive influences rather than through self-restraint; modest and decent are both applied to propriety in behavior, dress, bearing, or speech as exhibiting moral purity

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.

[CHAYST]

virtuous, pure or moral.

She was a somewhat puritanical woman and chose to remain chaste.

SYN.: virtuous, pure, moral, untouched, clean, *squeaky-clean, decent, abstinent, celibate, modest, righteous, immaculate, uncorrupted, virginal.

ANT.: immoral, dirty, lewd, wanton, sleazy, promiscuous

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct: decent, modest, nice, pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous. See GOOD, RESTRAINT, SEX.