Synonyms for moral
ˈmɔr əl, ˈmɒr-moral

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1. moralnoun

   Antonyms:
   amoral, non-moral, unmoral, immoral

2. moraladjective

   Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.

   The moral of the is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.

   Antonyms:
   unmoral, non-moral, immoral, amoral

3. moraladjective

   Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

   a moral obligation

   Synonyms:
   virtuous, righteous, ethical, noble, incorruptible, mores, ethics

   Antonyms:
   amoral, non-moral, unmoral, immoral

4. moraladjective

   a moral agent

   Antonyms:
   non-moral, amoral, immoral, unmoral

5. moraladjective

   Probable but not proved.

   a moral certainty

   Synonyms:
   virtual

   Antonyms:
   non-moral, immoral, unmoral, amoral

6. moraladjective

   a moral victory, moral support

   Antonyms:
   immoral, non-moral, amoral, unmoral

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1. moral

   Synonyms:
   innocent, just, lawful, legal, meritorious, right, virtuous

   Antonyms:
   abominable, criminal, culpable, felonious, flagitious, guilty, illegal, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong

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1. moral

   Synonyms:
   mental, ideal, intellectual, spiritual, ethical, probable, inferential, presumptive, analogous, virtuous, well-conducted

   Antonyms:
   physical, material, practical, demonstrative, mathematical, immoral, vicious

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1. moral, lessonadjective

   the significance of a story or event

   "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"

   Synonyms:
   object lesson, lesson, deterrent example, example

   Antonyms:
   degenerate, scandalous, debauched, shocking, physical, fast, dissolute, scrofulous, shameful, degraded, dissipated, immoral, profligate, riotous, libertine, disgraceful

2. moraladjective

   concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

   "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"

   Antonyms:
   dissipated, fast, degenerate, profligate, disgraceful, shocking, debauched, riotous, physical, dissolute, shameful, immoral, scrofulous, scandalous, libertine, degraded

3. moraladjective

   psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect

   "a moral victory"; "moral support"

   Antonyms:
   shameful, dissolute, scrofulous, degraded, physical, profligate, degenerate, immoral, riotous, debauched, disgraceful, shocking, libertine, fast, dissipated, scandalous

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1. moraladjective

   Synonyms:
   ethical, of morals, of ethics, regarding duties, touching obligations

2. moraladjective

   Synonyms:
   accountable, bound by duty, bound to do what is right

3. moraladjective

   Synonyms:
   virtuous, good, just, upright, honest, of good principles

4. moraladjective

   Synonyms:
   probable, not demonstrative

5. moralnoun

   Synonyms:
   practical application (of a fable, &c.)

6. moralnoun

   Synonyms:
   practical lesson (of any event)

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1. moraladjective

   Synonyms:
   ethical, virtuous, good, accountable, responsible, probable

   Antonyms:
   immoral, licentious

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1. List of paraphrases for "moral":

   morales, ethical, morale, morality, morals, morais, morally, non-pecuniary, legal, ethics, juridical, literary, non-material, mental, psychological, immoral, ethic, spiritual, juristic

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1. Tedros Adhanom:

   If we hoard vaccines and we are not sharing, there will be three major problems. One, I have said it, it will be a catastrophic moral failure and two it keeps the pandemic burning and three very slow global economy recovery, so it is our choice and I hope we will choose the right things.

2. John Adams:

   We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other.

3. Fran Lebowitz:

   You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

4. Harold Rosenberg:

   Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it. Advanced art today is no longer a cause --it contains no moral imperative. There is no virtue in clinging to principles and standards, no vice in selling or in selling out.

5. Joe Biden:

   We're living through a rare moment in this nation's history. Where our President isn't up to the moment. Where our President lacks the moral authority to lead. Where our President has more in common with George Wallace than he does with George Washington, we are almost 330 million Americans who have to do what our President can't. Stand together. Stand against hate. Stand up for what -- at our best -- our nations' best, when we're the best.