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Synonyms & Antonyms for prim
Synonyms: Adjective
antiseptic, bandbox, crisp, groomed, kempt, neat, orderly, picked up, shipshape, smug, snug, tidied, tidy, trig, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed
Antonyms: Adjective
disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, messy, mussed, mussy, sloven, slovenly, unkempt, untidy
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Examples of prim in a Sentence
Adjective
He has prim views on religion. Her aunts were very prim and proper.Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
There’s something about plaid pants — collegiate yet cool, nerdy yet swaggering, prim yet slightly punky. — Sharon Graubard, courant.com, "Fashion report: Cool classics for fall," 15 Aug. 2019 For all the prim and proper glamour at the annual Cannes Film Festival, there are always a few fashion and beauty wild cards. — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, "Marion Cotillard Breaks Red Carpet Beauty Rules With an Ab Reveal at Cannes," 22 May 2019 The usual patchwork of prim green fields is receding from the flanks of Pueblo Llano’s imposing, sunbathed mountains as farmers retreat closer to the only gas station in the hope of gaining an advantage. — Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, "A Fuel Shortage Is Crippling Agriculture in Venezuela," 6 July 2019 The designers chose a familiar image, showing an older Tubman in a black coat with a prim white collar, her graying hair pulled back in what might be plaits. — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, "The Haunted Image of Harriet Tubman on the Twenty-Dollar Bill," 18 June 2019 Next to that, Mara sat, prim, her orange coat bunched in her lap. — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, "Son of Friedman," 24 June 2019 Ivanka Trump, who is also an adviser to the president, chose a prim aesthetic for her stay in England. — Washington Post, "Trump’s catastrophic fashion choices in England were not just a sign of bad taste," 6 June 2019 Get in an innocent dig The Queen, while prim, is not above making the occasional joke. — Jackie Bischof, Quartz, "How to write a speech like a queen," 5 June 2019 The leather hair accessory gave her prim and proper look a light touch of edge. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Princess Eugenie Puts Her Spin on Kate Middleton's Royal Headband Trend," 22 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prim.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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