Synonyms of chaste

chaste

adjective

ˈchāst 

1

as in pure

free from any trace of the coarse or indecent

as one would expect, the minister's small talk is always chaste, even though he likes a joke as much as the next person

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in pristine

free from dirt or stain

the chaste white carpet is a key element in the living room's stark, minimalist design

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pristine
• immaculate
• clean
• unsullied
• stainless
• pure
• unsoiled
• spotless
• squeaky-clean
• milky
• unstained
• shiny
• spick-and-span
• antiseptic
• sanitary
• spic-and-span
• sterile
• wholesome
• snowy
• sparkling
• untainted
• fair
• undefiled
• bright
• unpolluted
• flawless
• white
• hygienic
• unblemished
• purified
• cleanly
• germfree
• bleached
• cleansed
• washed
• taintless
• scrubbed
• whitened
• abluted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filthy
• unclean
• dirty
• stained
• foul
• soiled
• grubby
• spotted
• muddy
• dingy
• grimy
• uncleaned
• greasy
• unwashed
• sullied
• polluted
• mucky
• smirched
• besmirched
• tainted
• blackened
• unsterilized
• defiled
• discolored
• unsterile
• germy

Synonym Chooser

How is the word chaste distinct from other similar adjectives?

Some common synonyms of chaste are decent, modest, and pure. While all these words mean "free from all taint of what is lewd or salacious," chaste primarily implies a refraining from acts or even thoughts or desires that are not virginal or not sanctioned by marriage vows.

they maintained chaste relations

How are the words modest and decent related as synonyms of chaste?

Both modest and decent apply especially to deportment and dress as outward signs of inward chastity or purity.

preferred more modest swimsuits

decent people didn't go to such movies

How do pure and chaste relate to one another?

Pure differs from chaste in implying innocence and absence of temptation rather than control of one's impulses and actions.

the pure of heart

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chaste

Some medieval and Renaissance artists, for example, portrayed Mary breast-feeding the infant Jesus at a chaste distance, such that the milk spurts of its own accord into his mouth. —S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025

Hellbent on destroying the pure, chaste and overly self-righteous preacher who denied her satisfaction, Salome performs a seductive dance at her stepfather Herod’s birthday feast. —E.r. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025

Ford is his usual tough-guy cop, but there’s a sensitivity, a wounded heart, to his character that comes out most powerfully in his chaste love affair with an Amish woman played by Kelly McGillis. —Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2025

The medieval image of rape—as the act of a violent stranger upon a chaste victim who goes straight to the authorities—persisted undisturbed in American courts through the nineteen-sixties. —Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025