Synonyms for nit-picky
- adjective
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Adjective
pedantic, punctilious, tight-assed informal, tight-arsed UK, captious, nitpickety rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
Related words
- Other spellings
- nitpicky
Example sentences
- pedantic You pride yourself on being pedantic, don't you?
- punctilious My grandmother was punctilious about table manners.
By length
- 8 letters
- pedantic3, captious
- 10 letters
- nitpickety
- 11 letters
- punctilious4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pedantic3 = 3 syllables).