Similar Words

— pardon
— parroting
— parting
— partner
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— pertain
— pertaining
— pertinent
— portend
— portent
— portion
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— pretend
— pretender
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— pro tem
— protean
— proton
— prudent
— puritanical

Misspelling

ppuritan, puriitan, purita, puritaan, puritam, puritann, purittan, purritan, puuritan, uritan

Puritan — synonyms, definition

1. puritan (Noun)

17 synonyms

ascetic bigot bluenose diehard doctrinaire enthusiast formalist fuddy-duddy monk monomaniac partisan pedant penitent prig prude snob zealot

3 definitions

puritan (Noun) — Someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures.

puritan (Noun) — A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum.

puritan (Noun) — A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship.

5 types of

abstainer ascetic disagreeable person protestant unpleasant person