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Synonyms for prig

Most common

puritan goody-goody prude snob snot thief

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Puritan — A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially…

puritan, goody-goody, prude

2. Snob

snob, snot, snoot

3. Thief — A petty thief or pickpocket

thief, stealer, purloiner, larcener, larcenist, filcher, lifter

Other

prigman dated

Verb

1. Nick — to filch or steal

nick, steal, cop, heist, pilfer, filch, thieve, cozen, purloin, pinch, swipe, snatch, mill dated, nip dated, snitch dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.

  2. n. 2

    A petty thief or pickpocket.

  3. v. 1

    To filch or steal.

Related words

Word family
prigdom priggery priggish priggism prigman

Forms

Plural
prigs → puritans, goody-goodies, prudes, snobs…
Past participle
prigged
e.g. prigged → nicked, copped, heisted, pilfered…

Example sentences

  • puritan Jerome won't have sex with you, he's a total puritan.
  • snob I don't know why she believes him to be a snob.
  • snot I laugh at people, while there's snot at my nose.
  • thief The policeman caught the fleeing thief by the arm.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
prigsteady
puritansteady
pruderising
snobrising
snotrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
cop1, nip1
4 letters
nick1, mill1, snob1, snot1
5 letters
steal1, thief1, pinch1, swipe1, heist1, prude1, filch1, snoot, cozen
6 letters
snatch1, snitch1, lifter2, pilfer2, thieve1
7 letters
puritan3, stealer2, purloin2, filcher, prigman
8 letters
larcener
9 letters
purloiner, larcenist

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lifter2 = 2 syllables).

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