🔄 Synonyms of "Straitlaced"
10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| propernoun | Suitable. |
| primnoun | Of a person, their manner or appearance: Formal and precise; stiffly decorous. |
| prissynoun | Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular. |
| straightlaced | Alternative form of straight-laced. [Having narrow views on moral matters; prudish.] |
| prudish | Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters. |
| priggish | Like a prig. |
| tight-laced | Synonym of strait-laced. |
| square-toed | (dated, derogatory or humorous) stuffy; precise |
| puritanicalnoun | Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid (often used by way of reproach or contempt). |
| victoriannoun | Of or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, or that period. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Straitlaced"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tight-laced | Synonym of strait-laced. |
| straightlaced | Alternative form of straight-laced. [Having narrow views on moral matters; prudish.] |
| square-toed | (dated, derogatory or humorous) stuffy; precise |
| prudish | Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters. |
| prim | Of a person, their manner or appearance: Formal and precise; stiffly decorous. |
| priggish | Like a prig. |
| puritanical | Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid (often used by way of reproach or contempt). |
| proper | Suitable. |
| victorian | Of or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, or that period. |
| prissynoun | Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular. |
| uptight | (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious. |
| nonconformistnoun | Someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices. |
| raffish | Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish. |
| taciturn | Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak. |
| spinsterish | Resembling or characteristic of a spinster. |
| eccentric | (of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange. |
| puritanically | In a puritanical manner. |
| stolid | Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility. |
| workaday | Suitable for everyday use. |
| staid | Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober. |
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