PERSNICKETY Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word persnickety. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for PERSNICKETY
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| choosy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • difficult to please | ||||||
| critical | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws • at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction • characterized by careful evaluation and judgment • being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency • of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism adjective satellite • urgently needed; absolutely necessary • forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | ||||||
| exacting | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures adjective satellite • severe and unremitting in making demands • requiring precise accuracy | ||||||
| fastidious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness • having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures | ||||||
| finicky | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • exacting especially about details | ||||||
| fussy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • annoyed and irritable • overcrowded or cluttered with detail • exacting especially about details | ||||||
| meticulous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by precise accordance with details • marked by extreme care in treatment of details | ||||||
| particular | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • a fact about some part (as opposed to general) • a small part that can be considered separately from the whole • (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class adjective satellite • unique or specific to a person or thing or category • separate and distinct from others of the same group or category • surpassing what is common or usual or expected • first and most important • exacting especially about details • providing specific details or circumstances | ||||||
| pedantic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | ||||||
| precise | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective • sharply exact or accurate or delimited adjective satellite • (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | ||||||
| punctilious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by precise accordance with details | ||||||
| scrupulous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled adjective satellite • characterized by extreme care and great effort | ||||||
| nitpicky | adjectiveadj | |||||
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| bigheaded | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | ||||||
| pernickety | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details | ||||||
| snooty | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | ||||||
| snot-nosed | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant • dirty with nasal discharge | ||||||
| snotty | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant • dirty with nasal discharge | ||||||
| stuck-up | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | ||||||
| uppish | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | ||||||
