Synonyms of vestal

vestal

adjective

ˈve-stᵊl 

as in pure

free from any trace of the coarse or indecent

a schoolteacher who dresses with almost vestal modesty while on the job

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vestal

These vestal get-ups are, in fact, the latest in a long line of subversive pop culture interpretations of the lives (and loves) of nuns. — Leah Dolan, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024

There were papal cloaks styled as trench coats, and vestal robes turned into coveralls, but with a solemn finish that showed respect for both the clothes and the creative congregation that wants to wear them. — Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Sep. 2022

And Olympic-sponsor hierarchy was guarded like vestal virginity. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2026