Synonyms for victorian
vɪkˈtɔr i ən, -ˈtoʊr-vic·to·ri·an

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1. Victorianadjective

   a person who lived during the reign of Victoria

   Antonyms:
   improper, modern

2. Victorianadjective

   of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled

   "Victorian morals"

   Synonyms:
   priggish, tight-laced, straitlaced, square-toed, puritanical, straightlaced, straight-laced, strait-laced, prim, prissy, prudish

   Antonyms:
   improper, modern

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

   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, prim, puritanic, twee, square-toed

   Antonyms:
   modern, improper

4. Victorianadjective

   typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria

   Synonyms:
   priggish, tight-laced, straitlaced, square-toed, puritanical, straightlaced, straight-laced, strait-laced, prim, prissy, prudish

   Antonyms:
   improper, modern

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1. List of paraphrases for "victorian":

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1. Dev Patel:

   It's incredible to watch this film, i never thought I would ever have a film like this where I get to be in period Victorian costume ... It's a wonderful opportunity and I hope it continues to open doors and it sends a message to the rest of the industry to be as bold as Mr Iannucci.

2. Lytton Strachey:

   The history of the Victorian Age will never be written we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

3. Tommy prince:

   I'm not coming back until I win the Victorian cross.

4. Tennis Australia:

   }'A disgrace': See how some Australians are reacting to Djokovic visa row 01:42 However you might feel about the polarizing Djokovic, there's not a scenario where he ever deserved this. It's unlikely the world's No. 1 tennis player would have got on the long commercial flight to Melbourne had he not been given a green light from tournament officials. But somewhere along the way, the information pipeline involving Australian Open officials, the Victorian state government and federal authorities has become a game of broken telephone. Prime Minister Morrison insisted the buck stopped with authorities at the border, not tennis organizers.

5. W. Somerset Maugham:

   We have long passed the Victorian era, when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby.