All puritan synonyms
Pu·ri·tan
P p adj puritan
- colonial — Colonial means relating to countries that are colonies, or to colonialism.
- goody goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- goody-goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- early american — (of furniture, buildings, utensils, etc.) built or made in the U.S. in the colonial period or somewhat later.
adjective puritan
- outland — Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.
noun puritan
- moralist — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- fussbudget — a fussy or needlessly fault-finding person.
- dogmatist — a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
- ascetic — An ascetic person has a way of life that is simple and strict, usually because of their religious beliefs.
- goody two shoes — a goody-goody.
- monomaniac — (no longer in technical use) a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas.
- goody two-shoes — goody-goody
- mrs. grundy — Mrs. a narrow-minded, conventional person who is extremely critical of any breach of propriety.
- bigot — If you describe someone as a bigot, you mean that they are bigoted.