What is another word for prudish?
416 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pɹˈuːdɪʃ], [ pɹˈuːdɪʃ], [ p_ɹ_ˈuː_d_ɪ_ʃ]Table of Contents
Similar words for prudish:- chaste (adjective)
- coy (adjective)
- delicate (adjective)
- demure (adjective)
- fastidious (adjective)
- genteel (adjective)
- goody-goody (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- prim (adjective)
- prissy (adjective)
- proper (adjective)
- prudish (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- squeamish (adjective)
- strict (adjective)
- stuffy (adjective)
- goody two-shoes (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- overnice (noun)
- other synonyms
- Victorian
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Prudish:
adj.
•chaste (adjective)- restrained,
- celibate,
- decorous,
- stainless,
- refined,
- wholesome,
- subdued,
- platonic,
- undefiled,
- simple,
- unblemished,
- quiet,
- inexperienced,
- decent,
- continent,
- unstained,
- controlled,
- unwed,
- innocent,
- clean,
- immaculate,
- unsullied,
- neat,
- elegant,
- vestal,
- spotless,
- virtuous,
- modest,
- unaffected,
- impotent,
- moral,
- prudish.
- bashful,
- shrinking,
- backward,
- humble,
- kittenish,
- reserved,
- shy,
- retiring,
- diffident,
- flirtatious,
- self-effacing,
- skittish,
- coquettish,
- blushing,
- timid,
- evasive.
- epicurean,
- choosy,
- exacting,
- demanding,
- picky,
- accurate,
- fastidious,
- literal,
- perspicacious,
- mincing,
- correct,
- fussy,
- priggish,
- discerning,
- diligent,
- conscientious,
- scrupulous,
- hypercritical,
- methodical,
- flawless,
- punctilious,
- precise,
- severe,
- meticulous,
- rigorous,
- discriminating.
- fashionable,
- polite,
- chivalrous,
- stylish,
- mannerly,
- respectable,
- graceful,
- noble,
- la-di-da,
- ostentatious,
- civil,
- distingue,
- intolerant,
- wellmannered,
- pompous,
- confined,
- well-bred,
- formal,
- polished,
- well-mannered,
- courtly,
- courteous,
- precious,
- cultivated,
- well-behaved,
- hollow,
- urbane,
- aristocratic.
- overmodest,
- hardboiled,
- nit-picking,
- goody-goody,
- monogamous,
- rabbity,
- prim,
- uncontaminated,
- chaste,
- puritanical,
- coy,
- spic and span,
- up set,
- over-modest,
- straitlaced,
- uncluttered,
- unassertive,
- unassured,
- Intemerate,
- demure,
- dead set,
- proper,
- no nonsense,
- strict,
- virginal,
- Stickling,
- ironfisted,
- blue-nose,
- Qualmish,
- genteel,
- Iron-fisted,
- Finicking,
- abstinent,
- stuffy,
- squeamish,
- spic-and-span,
- prissy,
- Bluenose,
- delicate.
- good,
- ceremonial,
- tidy,
- shipshape,
- ceremonious,
- well-groomed,
- orderly,
- spruce,
- upright,
- wooden,
- straight,
- cleanly.
- befitting,
- by the numbers,
- becoming,
- right,
- solid,
- stone,
- be fitting,
- stoner,
- conforming,
- in line,
- by the book,
- be coming,
- Comme Il Faut,
- comely,
- by numbers,
- de rigueur.
- harsh,
- imperial,
- ascetic,
- spartan,
- brusque,
- piquant,
- dry,
- keen,
- cool,
- draconian,
- raw,
- chilly,
- fundamental,
- sharp,
- intense,
- stiff-necked,
- cutting,
- obstinate,
- crisp,
- brisk,
- short,
- curt,
- lean,
- astringent,
- dour,
- bleak,
- spare,
- acrimonious,
- abrupt,
- stark,
- uncompromising,
- blunt,
- icy,
- authoritarian,
- relentless,
- oppressive,
- tart,
- caustic,
- inflexible,
- hidebound,
- stringent,
- frosty,
- obdurate,
- grim,
- basic,
- gruff,
- unbending,
- disciplined,
- acerbic,
- acute,
- censorious.
- un settled,
- most qualmish,
- sick to one stomach,
- dis gusted,
- sick to stomach,
- un-settled,
- up-set,
- sick one's stomach,
- ex acting,
- dis-gusted,
- sick ones stomach,
- vertiginous,
- sick one stomach,
- sick to ones stomach,
- hyper critical,
- sick to one's stomach,
- hyper-critical,
- more qualmish,
- ex-acting,
- sick stomach.
n.
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- plain,
- prim and proper.
- up-rights,
- up rights,
- straight-laceds,
- straightlaceds,
- goody-goodies,
- straight laced,
- goodygoodies,
- prissies,
- goody twoshoes,
- prudishes,
- goody two shoes,
- straight laceds,
- goody goodies.
Other synonyms:
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- sensibility.
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- sensitivity.
- fuddy-duddy,
- discriminative,
- starch,
- forbidding,
- niminy-piminy,
- dignified,
- nice nelly,
- humourless,
- Simpering,
- sanctimonious,
- affected,
- narrow-minded,
- perfectionist,
- difficult,
- dandified,
- square-toed,
- Puristic,
- saturnine,
- namby-pamby,
- easily upset,
- bluff,
- hard-nosed,
- Quakerish,
- conventional,
- Finikin,
- seemly,
- pretentious,
- bigoted,
- curmudgeonly,
- selective,
- sentimental,
- disapproving,
- conservative,
- stilted,
- twee,
- queasy,
- pernickety,
- beautiful,
- artificial,
- squared-toe,
- stiff,
- smug,
- over-nice,
- overnice,
- illiberal,
- starchy,
- uptight,
- foppish,
- conceited,
- narrow,
- pietistic,
- pragmatical,
- due,
- Barkbound,
- painstaking,
- frowning,
- sombre,
- square,
- tight-laced,
- hard-line,
- perfectionistic,
- oldmaidish,
- moralistic,
- pedantic,
- prig,
- grave,
- overexact,
- easily offended,
- Coxcomical,
- choicy,
- old fashioned,
- puritanic,
- schoolgirlish,
- offish,
- po-faced.
Antonyms for Prudish:
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adj.
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coy
forward, immodest, unshy, impudent, aggressive.
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delicate
indelicate, uncritical, imprecise, indiscriminating.
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genteel
uncultured, rugged, rude, unsophisticated, unrefined, rough, boorish, callous.
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prissy
unconcerned.
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proper
crude, Misbehaving, crass, objectionable.
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prudish
brave, outgoing, bold, extroverted.
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coy