prim

/pɹˈɪm/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

1. affectedly dainty or refined
2. exaggeratedly proper
   “my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts”

verb

1. assume a prim appearance
   “They mince and prim”
2. contract one's lips
   “She primmed her lips after every bite of food”
3. dress primly

Synonyms for prim

• mincing
• niminy-piminy
• twee
• refined
• priggish
• prissy
• prudish
• puritanical
• square-toed
• straitlaced
• strait-laced
• straightlaced
• straight-laced
• tight-laced
• victorian
• proper
• prim up
• prim out

Words that rhyme with prim

• trim
• dim
• skim
• rim
• grim
• limb
• swim
• brim
• hymn
• slim
• limn
• prelim
• vim
• whim
• forelimb
• gym
• patronym
• pseudonym
• shim
• synonym
• bihm
• brimm
• chiarnim
• clim
• crim
• crimm
• flim
• grimme
• haradim
• him