Synonyms for Puritan | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "puritan" (120 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Noun(4 words)

abstainer albigensian anarchist anchorite ascetic austere bhikshu bigoted bluenose bolshevik catharist charley communist dervish disapproving dour fakir fanatic firm

Adjective(1 words)

cromwellian

Strong matches (36)

flagellant franciscan fundamentalistgoody goodygoody-goody grundy hard hard-line hard-nosed hermit hidebound impliable inexorable inflexible intolerant iron ironbound ironclad ironhanded jacobin

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maoist marxist mendicantmid victorianmid-victorian moralisticmuscle boundmuscle-bound narrow-minded obdurate obstinate

Noun(5 words)

jansenistmoral reformermoralist moralistic nonconformist

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More general

13 entries

Protestant abstainer asceticdisagreeable personethicist ethicshistoric movementmoral codemoralism moralistreligious groupreligious sectunpleasant person

More specific

10 entries

Congregationalist Congregationalists Nonconformist Nonconformists Separatists asceticism moralism prig priggishness prude

Collocations

11 entries

Puritan disciplinePuritan eraPuritan ethicsPuritan influencePuritan moral codePuritan movementPuritan religious strictnessPuritan societyPuritan valuesPuritan work ethicPuritanical code

Inflections

3 entries

Puritansmore puritanmost puritan

Derivations

7 entries

Puritanical Puritanism Puritanist Puritanize Puritanlike puritanically puritanise

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Tom is a puritan.

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Jerome won't have sex with you, he's a total puritan.

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Olga is such a puritan, she won't even swear.

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The laws of this country are based on puritan values.

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