Synonyms of Victorian

Victorian

adjective

vik-ˈtȯr-ē-ən 

as in puritanical

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

a conservative Christian sect with a code of sexual morality that is often seen as quaintly Victorian by outsiders

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Victorian

In the lead-up to the release of her latest album Mayhem, Gaga has embraced all things black—from a Victorian velvet Colleen Allen coat-dress to a plaid Diesel runway look. —Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025

Zoom in: The Victorian mansion was built in 1886 as the home of businessmen Abraham Klauber before it was partitioned into apartment units. —Andrew Keatts, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025

Visitors can walk the grounds and interact with historical characters, make an old-fashioned toy, and try their hand at a Victorian game. —Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025

Adorned with gilded buttons, her look nodded to fashions of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, key influences of the goth subculture. —Hannah Malach, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025