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Definition of VIRGIN

1

never having had sexual relations <virgin boys are sometimes unfairly teased>

Synonyms maiden, virginal

Related Words chaste, modest, pure, vestal; innocent, untouched; abstinent, celibate, continent; unmarried, unwed

Antonyms deflowered

2

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

Synonyms brand-new, mint, pristine, span-new, virgin, virginal

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

3

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>

Synonyms clean, decent, G-rated, immaculate, modest, pure, vestal, virgin, virginal

Related Words lily-white, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished; decorous, proper, seemly; cultivated, refined, tasteful; harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive

Near Antonyms blemished, defiled, soiled, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished; improper, indecorous, indelicate, ribald, unseemly; crude, tacky, tasteless, unrefined

Antonyms coarse, dirty, filthy, immodest, impure, indecent, obscene, smutty, unchaste, unclean, vulgar

4

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

Synonyms natural, uncultivated, untamed, virgin

Related Words native; uninhabited, unpeopled, unsettled; overgrown, spontaneous, untended; waste; undeveloped; desolate, forlorn, howling

Near Antonyms inhabited; developed; seminatural

Antonyms cultivated, tamed

5

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

Related Words ancient, early, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial; antecedent, preceding, previous

Near Antonyms advanced, late; consequent, ensuing, following, subsequent, succeeding; penultimate

Antonyms final, last, latest, latter, terminal, terminating, ultimate