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  • 1. puritan
  • Rhymes with Puritan
  • 2. Puritan
  • 3. puritan
Table of Contents
  • 1. puritan
  • Rhymes with Puritan
  • 2. Puritan
  • 3. puritan
Synonyms
Antonyms

1. puritan

noun. ['ˈpjʊrətən'] a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum.

Synonyms

  • unpleasant person
  • prude

Antonyms

  • nonreligious person
  • drinker

Rhymes with Puritan

  • abington
  • abston
  • actin
  • acton
  • addington
  • addyston
  • agerton
  • airington
  • alderton
  • allenton
  • allerton
  • allington
  • allston
  • allton
  • alston
  • alton
  • alverton
  • anderton
  • angleton
  • appleton

2. Puritan

noun. a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship.

Antonyms

  • Nonconformist

3. puritan

noun. ['ˈpjʊrətən'] someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures.

Synonyms

  • abstainer
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