Synonyms of puritanical

puritanical

adjective

ˌpyu̇r-ə-ˈta-ni-kəl 

as in Victorian

given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals

some of the state laws concerning sexual behavior are vestiges of a more puritanical time and are rarely, if ever, enforced

Synonyms & Similar Words

• Victorian
• prudish
• moral
• straitlaced
• straightlaced
• prim
• proper
• priggish
• bluenosed
• refined
• honest
• nice-nelly
• staid
• decent
• upright
• stuffy
• virtuous
• righteous
• genteel
• right

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permissive
• liberated
• immoral
• improper
• wicked
• bad
• prurient
• indecent
• lax
• loose
• lecherous
• sleazy
• depraved
• perverted
• degenerate
• debauched
• lickerish
• degraded
• skanky
• sluttish
• slutty
• trampy
• slatternly

Examples of puritanical in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His policies are being driven not only by economic interests but by his effort to forge a puritanical, militarized society built on nationalism and Orthodox Christianity — locked in a civilizational conflict with the West. —Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 30 July 2024

Wahhabism is indeed intolerant, puritanical, and xenophobic, and Saudi Arabia has spent billions of dollars promoting it since the oil boom of the 1970s. —F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2016

An uproarious Arturo de Córdova (The Kneeling Goddess) stars as Mr. Pablo Morales, an affable taxidermist who for 20 years has been psychologically tormented by his puritanical wife (Amparo Rivelles, delightfully hateable). —Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 1 July 2024

Susan was naïve to the point of being puritanical about drugs, say her friends. —Lisa Depaulo, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024