Synonyms for tight-laced
- adjective
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Adjective
straight-laced, prim, prissy informal, prudish, puritanical, priggish, square-toed dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Synonym of strait-laced.
Related words
- Other spellings
- tightlaced
Example sentences
- prim She was a rather prim and proper young lady.
- puritanical It's not appropriate for puritanical misanthropic.
- prudish "You're sexist." " And I think you're prudish."
By length
- 4 letters
- prim1
- 6 letters
- prissy2
- 7 letters
- prudish2
- 8 letters
- priggish
- 11 letters
- puritanical5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (prissy2 = 2 syllables).