Synonyms for prim
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1. prim

   That which is clean is simply free from soil or defilement of any kind. Things are orderly when in due relation to other things; a room or desk is orderly when every article is in place; a person is orderly who habitually keeps things so. Tidy denotes that which conforms to propriety in general; an unlaced shoe may be perfectly clean, but is not tidy. Neat refers to that which is clean and tidy with nothing superfluous, conspicuous, or showy, as when we speak of plain but neat attire; the same idea of freedom from the superfluous appears in the phrases "a neat speech," "a neat turn," "a neat reply," etc. A clean cut has no ragged edges; a neat stroke just does what is intended. Nice is stronger than neat, implying value and beauty; a cheap, coarse dress may be perfectly neat, but would not be termed nice. Spruce is applied to the show and affectation of neatness with a touch of smartness, and is always a term of mild contempt; as, a spruce serving man. Trim denotes a certain shapely and elegant firmness, often with suppleness and grace; as, a trim suit; a trim figure. Prim applies to a precise, formal, affected nicety. Dapper is spruce with the suggestion of smallness and slightness; natty, a diminutive of neat, suggests minute elegance, with a tendency toward the exquisite; as, a dapper little fellow in a natty business suit.

   Synonyms:
   clean, cleanly, dapper, natty, neat, nice, orderly, spruce, tidy, trim

   Antonyms:
   dirty, disorderly, dowdy, negligent, rough, rude, slouchy, slovenly, soiled, uncared for, unkempt, untidy

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1. prim

   Synonyms:
   formal, precise, demure, starched, stiff, self-conscious, unbending, priggish

   Antonyms:
   unformal, easy, genial, unaffected, natural, free, naive

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1. dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, tweeadjective

   affectedly dainty or refined

   Synonyms:
   mincing, straitlaced, prissy, squeamish, overnice, dainty, puritanical, straightlaced, priggish, prudish, strait-laced, tight-laced, nice, straight-laced, niminy-piminy, victorian, exquisite, twee, square-toed

   Antonyms:
   unrefined, improper

2. priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorianverb

   exaggeratedly proper

   "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

   Synonyms:
   blue(a), mincing, straitlaced, prissy, squeamish, overnice, dainty, puritanical, straightlaced, priggish, prudish, strait-laced, tight-laced, nice, straight-laced, squared-toe, niminy-piminy, victorian, puritanic, twee, square-toed

   Antonyms:
   improper, unrefined

3. primverb

   assume a prim appearance

   "They mince and prim"

   Synonyms:
   prim out, prim up

   Antonyms:
   unrefined, improper

4. primverb

   contract one's lips

   "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"

   Synonyms:
   prim out, prim up

   Antonyms:
   unrefined, improper

5. prim, prim up, prim outverb

   dress primly

   Synonyms:
   prim out, prim up

   Antonyms:
   unrefined, improper

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1. primadjective

   Synonyms:
   formal, stiff, precise, starch, starched, strait-laced, in buckram

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1. primadjective

   Synonyms:
   formal, precise, demure, prudish

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1. Bruce Paltrow:

   What people are surprised about me, when they meet me or work with me or hang out with me, is I have a really, really, really dirty sense of humor, people think I'm pretty buttoned-up and prim and proper, but just tell me a joke about balls or something.

2. Michael Trotsky:

   There are no greater skeptics of hedge funds than PRIM.

3. Miss America:

   I think that people have the wrong idea about what Miss America is all about because it’s not just about getting dressed up and being prim and proper and being perfect on stage.