Synonyms of virginal

virginal

adjective

ˈvər-jə-nᵊl 

1

as in pristine

being in an original and unused or unspoiled state

one of the state's few remaining tracts of virginal prairie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pristine
• mint
• fresh
• virgin
• untouched
• brand-new
• unspoiled
• unsullied
• unblemished
• new
• unpolluted
• uncontaminated
• untainted
• unsoiled
• span-new
• unmarred
• undefiled
• unaltered
• unharmed
• unimpaired
• undamaged
• uninjured
• unworn
• unhurt
• unbruised
• spick-and-span

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• injured
• broken
• soiled
• stale
• bruised
• damaged
• disfigured
• faded
• blemished
• impaired
• worn
• hurt
• tainted
• contaminated
• spoiled
• used
• polluted
• shopworn
• sullied
• defiled
• harmed
• marred
• secondhand
• defaced
• well-worn
• hand-me-down

2

as in unmarried

never having had sexual relations

a virginal girl who would not permit any liberties to be taken with her body

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unmarried
• virgin
• maiden
• chaste
• pure
• untouched
• innocent
• modest
• vestal
• continent
• unwed
• celibate
• abstinent

3

as in pure

free from any trace of the coarse or indecent

the romance between the young boy and girl is portrayed with virginal innocence that is touching in this day and age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pure
• immaculate
• chaste
• clean
• modest
• virgin
• vestal
• decent
• decorous
• unsullied
• unblemished
• G-rated
• untainted
• unsoiled
• unspotted
• untarnished
• spotless
• lily-white
• undefiled
• unstained
• stainless
• harmless
• innocent
• proper
• refined
• cultivated
• seemly
• tasteful
• innocuous
• inoffensive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filthy
• dirty
• impure
• vulgar
• coarse
• unclean
• indecent
• obscene
• unchaste
• smutty
• immodest
• stained
• soiled
• blemished
• tarnished
• improper
• tainted
• spotted
• ribald
• unseemly
• crude
• indelicate
• indecorous
• sullied
• unrefined
• defiled
• tasteless
• tacky

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of virginal

Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel is a slow read with an out-of-time atmosphere, really one of the most virginal and repressed romance stories of all time. — Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026

Our idols were allowed to either be good girls—militantly wholesome and seemingly virginal—or train wrecks, unmoored and wild, and thus subjected to a litany of bullying and ridicule for their actions. — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2026

Someone with the virginal purity of a political outsider and the intrinsic capability of an insider who’s spent decades cutting deals and keeping the government wheels spinning. — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026

Official portraits projected her as a modern iteration of 19th-century royal mothers—soft, demure, virginal. — Air Mail, 10 May 2025