Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun puritan

3 senses of puritan

Sense 1
Puritan -- (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)
       => Protestant -- (an adherent of Protestantism)

Sense 2
puritan -- (someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures)
       => abstainer, ascetic -- (someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline)

Sense 3
prude, puritan -- (a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum)
       => unpleasant person, disagreeable person -- (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)