Virtue, n.
- 1. Force, efficacy, power, strength, potency, energy, inherent power.
- 2. Natural excellence, worth, merit, value, desert.
- 3. Goodness (that comes from self-discipline), uprightness, probity, integrity, rectitude, morality, worth,
moral excellence.
- 4. Excellence, good quality.
- 5. Virginity, purity, female chastity.
- 6. Efficacy, force, power.
Virtuoso, n. [It.]
- 1. Connoisseur, amateur, dilettante, man devoted to virtu, person skilled in the fine arts.
- 2. Collector of curiosities, curioso.
Virtuous, a.
- 1. Upright, honest, good, righteous, exemplary, worthy, excellent, blameless, morally right, equitable.
- 2. Chaste, modest, pure.
- 3. Efficacious, powerful.
Virulence, Virulency, n.
- 1. Poisonousness, venomousness.
- 2. Acrimony, malignancy, malignity, bitterness, malevolence.
Virulent, a.
- 1. Poisonous, venomous, malignant, highly noxious.
- 2. Malignant, acrimonious, bitter.