79 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pɹˈuːdəɹi], [ pɹˈuːdəɹi], [ p_ɹ_ˈuː_d_ə_ɹ_i]

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Similar words for prudery:

• grundyism (noun)
• humbleness (noun)
• modesty (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• priggishness (noun)
• stiffness (noun)
• stuffiness (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words
• other relevant words (noun)

Synonyms for Prudery:

• n.

  •
  • prudish,
  • moody,
  • sensitive,
  • squeamish,
  • hypersensitive,
  • fragile,
  • thin-skinned,
  • defensive,
  • touchy,
  • prim.
  • grundyism (noun)
  • grundyism.
  • humbleness (noun)
  • Lowliness.
  • modesty (noun)
  • demureness,
  • inhibition,
  • virtue,
  • delicacy,
  • celibacy,
  • meekness,
  • constraint,
  • bashfulness,
  • quietness,
  • discreetness,
  • decency,
  • diffidence,
  • Pruderies,
  • unobtrusiveness,
  • chastity,
  • unpretentiousness,
  • innocence,
  • lack of pretension,
  • coyness,
  • humbleness,
  • self-effacement,
  • timidity,
  • unostentatiousness.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • stiffness,
  • self-efface,
  • puritanism,
  • priggishness,
  • modesty.
  • priggishness (noun)
  • snobbery,
  • pretentiousness.
  • stiffness (noun)
  • rigor,
  • tension,
  • rigidity,
  • precision,
  • firmness.
  • stuffiness (noun)
  • behavior,
  • strictness,
  • courtesy.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words:
  • propriety,
  • shyness,
  • characteristic,
  • property,
  • simplicity,
  • feature,
  • stuffiness,
  • reserve,
  • quality,
  • reaction,
  • prudishness,
  • primness,
  • purity,
  • humility,
  • reticence,
  • attitude,
  • emotion.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • sanctimony,
  • buckram,
  • minauderie,
  • formality,
  • squeamishness,
  • smugness,
  • mock modesty,
  • narrowness,
  • Precisianism,
  • coquetry,
  • Sentimentalism,
  • affectation.