vile

The word “vile” has 1 syllable: vile

It's pronounced as /vaɪl/


What is synonym and antonym for vile?

In the thesaurus, “vile” has 156 synonyms and 115 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for vile along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for vile

Antonyms for vile

  • abetted
  • aesthetic
  • aesthetical
  • agreeable
  • allowed
  • approved
  • attractive
  • authorized
  • beauteous
  • beautiful
  • blameless
  • bonnie
  • bonny
  • chaste
  • clean
  • comely
  • comforting
  • commendable
  • correct
  • creditable
  • cute
  • decent
  • decorous
  • desirous
  • drop-dead
  • elevated
  • encouraged
  • endorsed
  • esteemed
  • esthetic
  • esthetical
  • ethical
  • excellent
  • exemplary
  • fair
  • fetching
  • friendly
  • gentle
  • good
  • good-looking
  • goodly
  • gorgeous
  • guiltless
  • handsome
  • happy
  • helpful
  • high
  • high-minded
  • honest
  • honorable
  • immaculate
  • imposing
  • impressive
  • incorruptible
  • indorsed
  • innocent
  • inoffensive
  • irreproachable
  • just
  • kind
  • knockout
  • law-abiding
  • legal
  • legitimate
  • licensed
  • lily-white
  • lofty
  • lovely
  • moral
  • nice
  • noble
  • perfect
  • permissible
  • permitted
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • prepossessing
  • pretty
  • principled
  • promoted
  • proper
  • pure
  • ravishing
  • reputable
  • respectable
  • respected
  • right
  • right-minded
  • righteous
  • safe
  • sanctioned
  • scrupulous
  • seemly
  • shapely
  • sightly
  • spotless
  • squeaky-clean
  • straight
  • stunning
  • sublime
  • supported
  • taking
  • uncorrupt
  • uncorrupted
  • unerring
  • unfallen
  • unobjectionable
  • upright
  • upstanding
  • venerable
  • virtuous
  • well-favored
  • white
  • wholesome
  • worthy

Meanings of vile

  • adjective
    1. Morally low; base; despicable.
    2. Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid.

Example Sentences

  • The villain’s vile actions shocked everyone in the courtroom.
  • She couldn’t forgive his vile behavior during the argument.
  • The food had a vile smell that made her gag.
  • They were punished for their vile treatment of others.
  • It was a vile insult that left him speechless.

On this page you'll find 271 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to vile, such as: abandoned, abetted, abhorrent, abject, abominable, aesthetic, aesthetical.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • abhorrent
  • abominable
  • alarming
  • appalling
  • atrocious
  • awful
  • bloodcurdling
  • cadaverous
  • deathly
  • deplorable
  • dire
  • direful
  • disagreeable
  • disgusting
  • distasteful
  • dreadful
  • evil
  • fearful
  • fearsome
  • forbidding
  • formidable
  • foul
  • frightening
  • frightful
  • ghastly
  • ghostly
  • ghoulish
  • grewsome
  • grim
  • grisly
  • grotesque
  • gruesome
  • gut-wrenching
  • hair-raising
  • heart-stopping
  • heinous
  • hideous
  • horrendous
  • horrible
  • horrid
  • horrific
  • horrifying
  • intimidating
  • loathsome
  • lurid
  • monstrous
  • morbid
  • nauseating
  • nightmare
  • nightmarish
  • noisome
  • noxious
  • obnoxious
  • obscene
  • odious
  • offensive
  • redoubtable
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • revolting
  • scary
  • shocking
  • sickening
  • spookish
  • spooky
  • terrible
  • terrific
  • terrifying
  • ugly
  • unearthly
  • unsightly
  • unspeakable
  • vile
  • weird

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