virtue

Other forms of virtue

plural

virtues·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about virtue

What does virtue mean?

virtue means "the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in virtue?

virtue has 2 syllables: vir-tue. The stress falls on "vir". In IPA it is /ˈvɝtʃu/.

What is another word for virtue?

Close synonyms include virtuousness, moral excellence, merit, chastity, sexual morality. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is virtue a common word?

virtue is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.