Thesaurus
virgin
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of VIRGIN
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being in an original and unused or unspoiled state <the state's only remaining virgin forest>
Related Words unaltered, unblemished, unbruised, uncontaminated, undamaged, undefiled, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred, unpolluted, unsoiled, unspoiled, unsullied, untainted, untouched, unworn; new, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span)
Near Antonyms blemished, broken, bruised, damaged, defaced, defiled, disfigured, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, marred, soiled, sullied, tainted; faded, shopworn, used, well-worn, worn; contaminated, polluted, spoiled; hand-me-down, second hand
Antonyms stale
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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>
Related Words lily-white, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished; decorous, proper, seemly; cultivated, refined, tasteful; harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive
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existing without human habitation or cultivation <a vast expanse of virgin territory>
Related Words native; uninhabited, unpeopled, unsettled; overgrown, spontaneous, untended; waste; undeveloped; desolate, forlorn, howling
Antonyms cultivated, tamed
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coming before all others in time or order <the political analyst's virgin effort at a cloak-and-dagger thriller>
Synonyms earliest, foremost, headmost, inaugural, initial, leadoff, maiden, original, pioneer, premier, virgin
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