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Synonyms for anal-retentive

  • adjective

Most common

anal picky pedantic

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects.

Related words

Other spellings
anal retentive

Example sentences

  • anal My friend Kim has really bad anal bleeding sometimes.
  • picky I hate dealing with children who are picky eaters.
  • pedantic You pride yourself on being pedantic, don't you?

By length

4 letters
anal2
5 letters
picky2
8 letters
pedantic3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anal2 = 2 syllables).