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NITPICKY Synonyms

There are 8 synonyms of the word nitpicky. (exact relations)
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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

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

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

picky
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exacting especially about details

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

Alternatives for CRITICAL

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