prude[noun]Synonyms: bluenose, comstock, goody-goody, Grundy, Mrs. Grundy, nice Nelly, prig, puritan, wowser
Contrasted words: freethinker, latitudinarian, libertarian
Related Words: spoilsport,
stick-in-the-mud,
wet blanket,
fuddy-duddy,
old fogy,
stuffed shirt,
fussbudget,
old maid [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
prude /pruːd/
noun [countable][
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: French;
Origin: 'good woman, prudish woman', from prudefemme 'good woman', from Old French prode femme]
someone who is very easily shocked by anything relating to sex – used to show disapproval ⇒
prudish [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲