Synonyms for finicky
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Picky — fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details
picky, fussy, persnickety, fastidious, dainty, particular, choosy, exacting, demanding, squeamish, pedantic, meticulous, punctilious, conscientious, finical, tight-assed informal, tight-arsed UK, overcritical, finicking, scrupulous, finikin dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
She has a finicky baby that's hard to feed.
Related words
- Word family
- finickiness finickity
- Other spellings
- finnicky
Example sentences
- picky I hate dealing with children who are picky eaters.
- fussy Kalman's son started to get a bit fussy and tired.
- fastidious He's very fastidious when it comes to booking trips.
- persnickety She's very persnickety about her food.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| finicky | rising | |
| picky | rising | |
| fussy | rising | |
| fastidious | steady | |
| persnickety | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- picky2, fussy2
- 6 letters
- dainty2, choosy2
- 7 letters
- finical, finikin
- 8 letters
- exacting3, pedantic3
- 9 letters
- demanding3, squeamish2, finicking
- 10 letters
- particular4, meticulous4, fastidious4, scrupulous3
- 11 letters
- punctilious4, persnickety
- 12 letters
- overcritical
- 13 letters
- conscientious4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (picky2 = 2 syllables).
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