Synonyms of prude

prude

noun

ˈprüd 

as in puritan

a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters

the racy sitcom frequently satirizes exactly the sort of prude who would like to see the show taken off the air

Synonyms & Similar Words

• puritan
• moralist
• moralizer
• wowser
• bluenose
• Mrs. Grundy
• prig
• nice nelly
• fuddy-duddy
• goody-goody
• spoilsport
• old maid
• stuffed shirt
• Goody Two-shoes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• libertine
• immoralist
• libertarian
• misbehaver

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prude

What the spot tries to do, convince folks in this left-leaning redoubt to be venturesome and vote for Hilton, is not the least offensive, though your friendly political columnist, hardly a prude, found the execution a bit, well, icky. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

But that brief flash of cartoon baby nudity continues to bother prudes, decades after the book’s first run. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

Critics leapt at the chance to cast feminists as prudes and housewives as vixens. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

In fact, the prudes among us might need hand fans. — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025

Give the Original ‘Twister’ a Spin Barbara Peeters is no prude. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 July 2024

Despite a handful of prudes trying their best to spoil the fun. — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024

Everyone supports her but her boyfriend, who initially accuses her of being a prude. — Ilana Kaplan, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2022

In life, there is little evidence that Dickens was, in the context of his time and place, a sexist or a prude. — The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022