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All puritan synonyms

Pu·ri·tan
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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. grundyMrs. 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.
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