Synonyms of prudery

prudery

noun

as in puritanism

a tendency to care a great deal about seemly behavior and morals especially in sexual matters

such prudery regarding artistic depictions of the nude has no place on a college campus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• puritanism
• moralism
• prudishness
• morality
• priggishness
• nice-nellyism
• primness
• Comstockery
• virtue
• priggery
• old-maidishness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lechery
• prurience
• libertinism
• libertarianism
• pruriency
• libertinage