Synonyms for pettifogger
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections and sophistry.
Related words
- Word family
- pettifoggery
Forms
- Plural
- pettifoggers → quibblers, cavilers, shysters, nit-pickers…
Example sentences
- faultfinder Other people's faultfinder will one day be your faultfinder.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pettifogger | steady | |
| quibbler | falling | |
| caviler | steady | |
| shyster | rising | |
| faultfinder | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- shyster2, caviler
- 8 letters
- quibbler, caviller
- 11 letters
- faultfinder, smellfungus
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shyster2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- chicaneur
- Italiano
- azzeccagarbugli