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Definitions for Prim

[1] formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
[2] to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way.
[3] to make prim, as in appearance.
[4] to draw (one's face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression.
[5] privet.
[6] primary.
[7] primitive.
[8] affectedly proper, precise, or formal
[9] (tr) to make prim
[10] to purse (the mouth) primly or (of the mouth) to be so pursed

Words related to Prim

demure, spruce, tidy, correct, uncluttered, Victorian, ceremonial, ceremonious, choosy, cleanly, conventional, dapper, decorous, fastidious, formal, genteel, good, goody-goody, nice, orderly

Words nearby Prim

priggery, priggism, prigogine, prill, prilosec, prim, prim., prima ballerina, prima donna, prima facie, prima facie case

Origin of Prim

2First recorded in 1565–75; shortening of earlier primprint privet < ?

Other words from Prim

prim·ly , adverb
prim·ness , noun
un·primmed , adjective

Word origin for Prim

C18: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Prim

demure, correct, spruce, stickling, tidy, uncluttered, Victorian, blue-nose, ceremonial, ceremonious, choosy, cleanly, conventional, dapper, decorous, fastidious, formal, genteel, good, goody-goody, nice, nit-picking, orderly, overmodest, polite, precise, priggish, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, rigid, shipshape, spic-and-span, stiff, straight, strait-laced, stuffy, upright, well-groomed, wooden