puritan[noun]Synonyms:- moralist, fanatic, prude, rigorist, zealot
[adjective]Synonyms:- strict, ascetic, austere, moralistic, narrow-minded, prudish, severe, strait-laced
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pu‧ri‧tan /ˈpjʊərətən, ˈpjʊərɪtən $ ˈpjʊr-/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: puritas 'purity', from Latin purus; ⇒ pure]
1. someone with strict moral views who thinks that pleasure is unnecessary and wrong
2. Puritan a member of a Protestant religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries, who wanted to make religion simpler
—puritan adjective:
the Puritan work ethic [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲