Synonyms for split hairs
- verb
Definitions
- v. 1
To consider or argue about fine details; to worry about minutiae.
Let's get everything sorted into the right drawers and not split hairs about subdividing it further yet.
Example sentences
- refine Algeria needs to refine its own oil.
- quibble This is no time to quibble over terminology.
- nitpick Please don't nitpick just for the sake of nitpicking.
- cavil He was known to cavil at most of Tom's proposals.
- niggle Mary would always niggle Tom over his lack of punctuation in text messages.
By length
- 5 letters
- cavil
- 6 letters
- refine2, niggle
- 7 letters
- quibble2, nitpick2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (refine2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- couper les cheveux en quatre
- Italiano
- sottilizzare