Need another word that means the same as “ethical”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “ethical” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Ethical” are: honorable, honourable, moral, right-minded, principled, irreproachable, unimpeachable, blameless, guiltless
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ethical” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| blameless | Innocent of wrongdoing. He led a blameless life. |
| guiltless | Free from evil or guilt. People are forever criticizing the service and I am not myself guiltless in this. |
| honorable | Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent. Honorable service to his country. |
| honourable | Bringing or deserving honour. A long and honourable career. |
| irreproachable | Free of guilt; not subject to blame. His private life was irreproachable. |
| moral | Examining the nature of ethics and the foundations of good and bad character and conduct. A moral quandary. |
| principled | Based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality. A principled politician. |
| right-minded | Disposed toward or having views based on what is right- Bertrand Russell. |
| unimpeachable | Beyond doubt or reproach. An unimpeachable witness. |
| altruist | Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being. |
| bioethics | The ethics of medical and biological research. |
| casuistry | Moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas. The minister is engaging in nothing more or less than casuistry. |
| chaste | Abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse. A holy woman innocent and chaste. |
| chivalry | The medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct. He still retained a sense of chivalry towards women. |
| cloning | A general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell. |
| conscience | A feeling of shame when you do something immoral. A person of unflagging conscience. |
| equitable | Fair and impartial. The difference between legal and equitable rights. |
| ethic | A system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct. The puritan ethic was being replaced by the hedonist ethic. |
| ethics | The philosophical study of moral values and rules. Neither metaphysics nor ethics is the home of religion. |
| exemplar | Something to be imitated. The place is an exemplar of multicultural Britain. |
| goodness | The quality of being morally good or virtuous. A belief in the basic goodness of mankind. |
| justification | The act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning- H.J.Muller. All these incidents were used again as a justification for my sacking. |
| justness | Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety. It was performed with justness and beauty. |
| legality | Obligations imposed by law. Documentation testifying to the legality of the arms sale. |
| martinet | Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms. The woman in charge was a martinet who treated all those beneath her like children. |
| meekness | The feeling of patient, submissive humbleness. All his best friends make fun of him for his meekness. |
| moral | A lesson that can be derived from a story or experience. The moral of the story is to love thy neighbor. |
| moralist | A person who teaches or promotes morality. |
| morality | Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong. A bourgeois morality. |
| principle | A rule or standard especially of good behavior. The combination of male and female principles. |
| rectitude | Righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest. Mattie is a model of rectitude. |
| right | In football or a similar sport the right hand half of the field when facing the opponent s goal. Things are right again now. |
| righteous | Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice- James 5:16. He is righteous trash. |
| rigor | The quality of being valid and rigorous. The rigors of boot camp. |
| seriousness | The quality or state of being serious. We are aware of the seriousness of the situation. |
| turpitude | Depraved or wicked behaviour or character. Acts of moral turpitude. |
| uprightness | The state of being in a vertical position. Steadying himself he slowly managed to achieve a state of relative uprightness. |
| virtue | Any admirable quality or attribute. Patience is a virtue. |
| virtuous | Chaste (typically used of a woman). She considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked. |
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