VIRGIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does Virgin mean?
• VIRGIN (noun)
The noun VIRGIN has 3 senses:
1. a person who has never had sex
2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
3. the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22
Familiarity information: VIRGIN used as a noun is uncommon.
• VIRGIN (adjective)
The adjective VIRGIN has 2 senses:
1. being used or worked for the first time
2. in a state of sexual virginity
Familiarity information: VIRGIN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VIRGIN (noun)
Meaning:
A person who has never had sex
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("virgin" is a kind of...):
inexperienced person; innocent (a person who lacks knowledge of evil)
Meaning:
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Virgo; Virgin
Hypernyms ("Virgin" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Domain category:
astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
Meaning:
The sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Virgo the Virgin; Virgin; Virgo
Instance hypernyms:
house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)
• VIRGIN (adjective)
Meaning:
Being used or worked for the first time
Context example:
virgin wool
Similar:
new (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)
Meaning:
In a state of sexual virginity
Synonyms:
virtuous; vestal; virgin; virginal; pure
Context examples:
pure and vestal modesty / a spinster or virgin lady / men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
Similar:
chaste (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse))
