adjective
1.
excessively concerned with what one regards as proper or right
a prim woman, easily shocked by vulgar language
Synonyms: bluenosed, genteel, missish, precise, prig, priggish, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, stuffy, tight-laced, Victorian; compare genteel 3
Related Word: correct, nice, precise; decorous; rigid, stiff, wooden; ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, formal, straight
Idioms: prim and proper
Contrasted words: lax, loose, slack; easy, easygoing, free
2.
Synonyms: neat 2, chipper, orderly, shipshape, snug, spick-and-span, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed