Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vestal

1 sense of vestal

Sense 1
vestal -- (a chaste woman)
       => woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")

Antonyms of adj vestal

1 of 2 senses of vestal

Sense 2
pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous -- (in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal")

INDIRECT (VIA chaste) -> unchaste -- (not chaste; "unchaste conduct")

Similarity of adj vestal

2 senses of vestal

Sense 1
vestal -- (of or relating to Vesta; "vestal virgin")

Sense 2
pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous -- (in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal")
       => chaste (vs. unchaste) -- (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste")

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