strait-laced

Questions about strait-laced

What does strait-laced mean?

strait-laced means "exaggeratedly proper".

How many syllables are in strait-laced?

strait-laced has 2 syllables: strait--laced. The stress falls on "strait-".

What is another word for strait-laced?

Close synonyms include priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical. 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 strait-laced a common word?

strait-laced is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.