All prim synonyms
prim
P p adj prim
- distingue β having an air of distinction; distinguished.
- neat β in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
- natty β neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce: a natty white uniform.
- dapper β A man who is dapper has a very neat and clean appearance, and is often also small and thin.
- in line β (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- formal β being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional: to pay one's formal respects.
- adulatory β If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
- demure β If you describe someone, usually a young woman, as demure, you mean they are quiet and rather shy, usually in a way that you like and find appealing, and behave very correctly.
- precise β definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- brittle β An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken.
- abstinent β forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- by the book β according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
- decorous β Decorous behaviour is very respectable, calm, and polite.
- goody goody β a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- dressed to kill β woman: in stylish clothes
- goody two shoes β a goody-goody.
- proper β adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
- courtly β You use courtly to describe someone whose behaviour is very polite, often in a rather old-fashioned way.
- goody-two-shoes β a goody-goody.
- high-bred β of superior breed.
- careful β If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- bandbox β a lightweight usually cylindrical box used for holding small articles, esp hats
- genteel β belonging or suited to polite society.
- doggy β a little dog or a puppy.
adjective prim
- nobby β fashionable or elegant; stylish; chic.
- overexact β Too exact; overscrupulous; pedantic.
- euphuistic β Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- humourless β (British spelling, Canadian) alternative spelling of humorless.
- humorless β a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- eremitic β Characteristic of a hermit.
- qualmish β tending to have, or having, qualms.
- cleanly β in a fair manner
verb prim
- deck out β If a person or thing is decked out with or in something, they are decorated with it or wearing it, usually for a special occasion.
- groom β a bridegroom.
- lick into shape β to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.