n. 1 moralist, pietist, religionist, fanatic, zealot, purist It seems to me that all religions have their puritans
adj. 2 prudish, puritanical, prim, proper, strait-laced, ascetic, austere, moralistic, pietistic, intolerant, disapproving, bigoted, narrow-minded, stuffy, stiff-necked, rigid, uncompromising, hard-line, stern, severe, strict, Colloq uptight, hard-nosed Puritan notions about women's clothing have often put propriety before practicality