Synonyms of prudish

prudish

adjective

ˈprü-dish 

as in puritanical

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

by the prudish standards of the 19th century, any depiction of the nude was scandalous

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prudish

Jet did not feel the need to present a prudish image of Black people to counteract white stereotypes about their hypersexuality. —Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 25 June 2024

For a long time, serious literary novels have held off on the question of how to handle menopause with the prudish disgust of a teenager. —Constance Grady, Vox, 21 June 2024

Informed by the Hayes Code, Hollywood ‘50s genre was often prudish in its sexuality. —John Hopewell, Variety, 21 May 2024

There will be political points scored off of prudish hypocrisy and modern-day social rot. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024