Dictionary Entry

prim

prim is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The privet. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses

Definitions

1noun
The privet.
2adjective
Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person.
3transitive verb
To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.
4intransitive verb
To dress or act smartly.
5verb
dress primly
6verb
contract one's lips
"She primmed her lips after every bite of food"
7verb
assume a prim appearance
"They mince and prim"
8adjective
exaggeratedly proper
"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Synonyms
priggish prissy prudish puritanical straightlaced straitlaced victorian
9adjective
affectedly dainty or refined
Synonyms
dainty mincing twee

Synonyms

priggish prissy prudish puritanical straightlaced straitlaced victorian dainty mincing twee

Common word forms

prims primal primed primer primes primly priming primity primmed primmer primmest primming primness

Words from these letters

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