puritan
English Thesaurus
1. a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | disagreeable person, unpleasant person, |
| definition | : | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable (noun.person) |
2. someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures (noun.person)
3. 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 (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | protestant, |
| definition | : | an adherent of Protestantism (noun.person) |
4. a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum (noun.person)
| derivation | : | blue, puritanic, puritanical, |
| definition | : | morally rigorous and strict (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian, |
| definition | : | exaggeratedly proper (adj.all) |
5. someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures (noun.person)
| derivation | : | blue, puritanic, puritanical, |
| definition | : | morally rigorous and strict (adj.all) |
6. a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum (noun.person)
| derivation | : | blue, puritanic, puritanical, |
| definition | : | morally rigorous and strict (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian, |
| definition | : | exaggeratedly proper (adj.all) |
7. someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures (noun.person)
| derivation | : | blue, puritanic, puritanical, |
| definition | : | morally rigorous and strict (adj.all) |
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