Tom is a puritan.
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Puritan
//ˈpjʊə.ɹɪ.tən//
Synonyms for "puritan" (105 found)
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Related words (52)
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48 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- пуритански adj (having very strict moral standards)
- пуритан noun (puritanical person)
Catalan
3 entries- purità adj (having very strict moral standards)
- purità noun (puritanical person)
- purità noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 清教徒 noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 清教徒 noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Czech
3 entries- puritánský adj (having very strict moral standards)
- puritán noun (puritanical person)
- puritán noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Dutch
1 entries- puriteins adj (having very strict moral standards)
Esperanto
1 entries- puritano noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Finnish
4 entries- puristinen adj (having very strict moral standards)
- puritaaninen adj (having very strict moral standards)
- puristi noun (puritanical person)
- puritaani noun (puritanical person)
French
2 entries- puritain adj (having very strict moral standards)
- puritain noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Galician
1 entries- puritano noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
German
2 entries- puritanisch adj (having very strict moral standards)
- Puritaner noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Hungarian
3 entries- puritán adj (having very strict moral standards)
- puritán noun (puritanical person)
- puritán noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Ido
1 entries- puritano noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Italian
2 entries- puritano adj (having very strict moral standards)
- puritano noun (puritanical person)
Macedonian
3 entries- пурита́нски adj (having very strict moral standards)
- пурита́нец noun (puritanical person)
- пурита́нец noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Polish
1 entries- purytański adj (having very strict moral standards)
Russian
3 entries- пурита́нский adj (having very strict moral standards)
- пурита́нин noun (puritanical person)
- пурита́нин noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Spanish
3 entries- puritano adj (having very strict moral standards)
- puritano noun (puritanical person)
- puritano noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Swedish
3 entries- puritansk adj (having very strict moral standards)
- puritan noun (puritanical person)
- puritan noun (member of a particular Protestant religious sect)
Turkish
4 entries- püritan adj (having very strict moral standards)
- püriten adj (having very strict moral standards)
- sofu adj (having very strict moral standards)
- püritan noun (puritanical person)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
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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