puritanical

Questions about puritanical

What does puritanical mean?

puritanical means "of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in puritanical?

puritanical has 5 syllables: pur-i-tan-i-cal. The stress falls on "tan". In IPA it is /ˌpjʊɹəˈtænɪkəl/.

What is another word for puritanical?

Close synonyms include priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is puritanical a common word?

puritanical is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with puritanical?

1 word rhymes with puritanical. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.