VIRGIN Synonyms: 201 Similar and Opposite Words

virgin 1 of 2

adjective

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as in virginal

never having had sexual relations encouraged the virgin youths to remain chaste

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deflowered

as in pristine

being in an original and unused or unspoiled state the state's only remaining virgin forest

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as in pure

free from any trace of the coarse or indecent his photographs of nudes have such a virgin purity about them that only a prude would find them objectionable

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as in uninhabited

existing without human habitation or cultivation a vast expanse of virgin territory

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as in maiden

coming before all others in time or order the political analyst's virgin effort at a cloak-and-dagger thriller

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virgin

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noun

ˈvər-jən

as in novice

a person who is just starting out in a field of activity a virgin in the world of comedy clubs, he's still learning to deal with hecklers

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Recent Examples of virgin

Adjective

Founders Iris Alonzo and Carolina Crespo pioneered two sustainable supply chains that transform existing cotton waste streams into world-first basics, eliminating the use of any virgin raw materials. —

Josh Max, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 As environmental regulations tighten and consumer attention on sustainability increases, the fashion industry is moving away from traditional linear production models and adopting more innovative, circular approaches that focus on lowering the need for new, virgin materials. —

Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Sep. 2024

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Fittingly for a children’s comedy (albeit one that hinges on characters being virgins), the centuries-old vampire resembles a Scooby-Doo villain in his utter inability to outsmart a group of latchkey kids. 17. —

Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024 In Immaculate, Sydney Sweeney stars as Sister Cecilia, who becomes a holy figure to her fellow nuns when she’s found to be pregnant despite being a virgin. —

Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for virgin

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Her approach is a clean break from the 19th-century tradition of American landscape art, in which de facto propagandists like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole depicted land as radiant and virginal, the birthright of any colonial buccaneer drunk on Manifest Destiny.

— Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Depp goes beyond Ellen’s virginal purity to complicate our understanding of this character’s relationship to darkness — how she is at once disturbed by and deeply intimate with it.

— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024