prudery prudently • prudish · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · prudery · · Text Latin · · Script 7 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) excessive or affected modesty. Synonyms: primness, prudishness, Grundyism. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · primness · · Synonym 1 prudishness · · Synonym 2 grundyism · · Synonym 3 Characters · · d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 u latin small letter u U+0075 y latin small letter y U+0079