Similar Words

— nonindulgent
— pertain
— pertaining
— pertinacious
— pertinence
— portend
— portent
— portentous
— portion
— pretence
— pretend
— pretended
— pretender
— pretending
— pretense
— pretension
— pretentious
— proper
— protean
— proton
— prudence
— puritan
— strict

Misspelling

ppuritanical, puriitaniical, puritaanicaal, puritaincal, puritamical, puritanica, puritanicall, puritaniccal, puritanikal, puritannical, purittanical, purritanical, puuritanical, uritanical

Puritanical — synonyms, definition

1. puritanical (a)

27 synonyms

abstemious austere blue careful conventional crucial dogmatic inflexible moral orthodox particular plain precise primitive prudish righteous rigid rigourous rustic self-righteous • • •

2. puritanical (Adjective)

13 synonyms

Victorian bluenosed priggish prim prissy puritanic square-toed straight-laced straightlaced strait-laced straitlaced tight-laced uptight

3 definitions

puritanical (Adjective) — Of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism.

puritanical (Adjective) — Exaggeratedly proper. ex. "my puritanical Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

puritanical (Adjective) — Morally rigorous and strict. ex. "she was anything but puritanical in her behaviour"