Synonyms of the word

prim

• adj. prudish, straight-laced.
• adj. formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice.
• v. (dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
• v. (dated) To dress or act smartly.
• n. (plants) privet.

apparel

• n. Clothing.
• n. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
• n. (nautical) The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
• v. (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
• v. (transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

clothe

• v. (transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
• v. (figuratively) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.

compact

• n. An agreement or contract.
• adj. Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
• adj. Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
• adj. (mathematics, not comparable, of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.
• adj. (topology, not comparable, of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
• adj. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
• adj. (obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
• adj. (obsolete) Composed or made; with of.
• n. A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's…
• n. A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
• v. (transitive) To make more dense; to compress.
• v. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

compress

• v. (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space…
• v. (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
• v. (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
• v. (transitive) To abridge.
• v. (technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
• v. (obsolete) To embrace sexually.
• n. A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing…
• n. A machine for compressing.

constrict

• v. To narrow, especially by applying pressure.

contract

• n. An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or…
• n. (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at…
• n. (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
• n. (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
• n. (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
• adj. (obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
• adj. (obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
• v. (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to…
• v. (transitive) To enter into a contract with.
• v. (transitive) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
• v. (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
• v. (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
• v. (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
• v. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
• v. To betroth; to affiance.

dainty

• n. (obsolete) Esteem, honour.
• n. A delicacy.
• n. (Canada, Prairies and northwestern Ontario) A fancy cookie, pastry, or square served at a social event…
• n. (obsolete) An affectionate term of address.
• adj. (obsolete) Excellent; valuable, fine.
• adj. Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
• adj. Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.

dress

• n. (countable) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part…
• n. (uncountable) Apparel, clothing.
• n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
• n. A dress rehearsal.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready.
• v. To adorn, ornament.
• v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting…
• v. (transitive) To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
• v. (transitive) To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
• v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
• v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers.
• v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
• v. (transitive) To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
• v. (transitive) To bolt or sift flour.
• v. (military, transitive, intransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to…
• v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.

enclothe

• v. (transitive) To cover with clothing.

garb

• n. Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
• n. A type of dress or clothing.
• n. (figuratively) A guise, external appearance.
• v. (transitive) To dress in garb.
• n. (heraldry) A wheat sheaf.
• n. A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages.

garment

• n. A single item of clothing.

habilitate

• adj. (obsolete) Qualified or entitled.
• v. European institutions of higher education: To qualify as an instructor or professor. Usually associated…

mincing

• v. present participle of mince.
• adj. Affectedly dainty.
• n. The act by which something is minced.

niminy-piminy

• adj. overtly or excessively prim.

press

• n. (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
• n. (countable) A printing machine.
• n. (uncountable) A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
• n. (countable) A publisher.
• n. (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
• n. (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the…
• n. (countable, wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager…
• n. (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
• n. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
• n. (obsolete) A crowd.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight.
• v. (transitive) to compress, squeeze.
• v. (transitive) to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug.
• v. (transitive) to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
• v. (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding,…
• v. (transitive) to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
• v. (transitive) to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel.
• v. To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.
• v. (transitive) to hasten, urge onward.
• v. (transitive) to urge, beseech, entreat.
• v. (transitive) to lay stress upon, emphasize.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to throng, crowd.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) to print.
• v. To force into service, particularly into naval service.

priggish

• adj. Like a prig.

prissy

• adj. excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.
• adj. well-mannered, well-behaved.
• n. A person who is excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.

proper

• adj. (heading) Suitable.
• adj. (heading) Possessed, related.
• adj. (heading) Accurate, strictly applied.
• adv. (Scotland) properly; thoroughly; completely.
• adv. (nonstandard, slang) properly.

prudish

• adj. of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.

puritanical

• adj. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
• adj. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; — often used…
• n. One who holds puritanical attitudes.

raiment

• n. (archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.

refined

• v. simple past tense and past participle of refine.
• adj. Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly.
• adj. Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly.
• adj. Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly.
• adj. (of a market) Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
• n. (finance) The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.

squeeze

• v. (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit into a tight place.
• v. (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
• v. (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
• n. A close or tight fit.
• n. (figuratively) A difficult position.
• n. A hug or other affectionate grasp.
• n. (slang) A romantic partner.
• n. (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the…
• n. (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
• n. (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
• n. (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
• n. (epigraphy) An impression of an inscription formed by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling…
• n. (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
• n. (dated) A bribe or fee paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe…

straight-laced

• adj. Having narrow views on moral matters; prudish.

straightlaced

• adj. Alternative form of straight-laced.

strait-laced

• adj. Alternative spelling of straight-laced.
• adj. Bound with stays.

straitlaced

• adj. Alternative spelling of straight-laced.

tight-laced

• adj. strait-laced.

tog

• n. A cloak.
• n. A coat.
• n. A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces…
• v. (transitive) To dress (often with up or out).
• adv. (knitting) Abbreviation of together.

twee

• adj. (Britain, pejorative) Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.