PEDANTIC Synonyms

There are 20 synonyms of the word pedantic. (exact relations)
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	academic				noun, adjectiven, adj
	adjective • associated with academia or an academy noun • an educator who works at a college or university adjective satellite • hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result • marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
	donnish				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
	bookish				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
	didactic				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • instructive (especially excessively)
	doctrinaire				adjectiveadj
	noun • a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions adjective satellite • stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
	dogmatic				adjectiveadj
	adjective • of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative • relating to or involving dogma adjective satellite • characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
	formal				adjectiveadj
	adjective • being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) • (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms noun • a lavish dance requiring formal attire • a gown for evening wear adjective satellite • characteristic of or befitting a person in authority • represented in simplified or symbolic form • logically deductive • refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
	instructive				adjectiveadj
	adjective • serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
	learned				verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj
	adjective • established by conditioning or learning adjective satellite • having or showing profound knowledge • highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
	overnice
	adjective satellite • excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
	pompous				adjectiveadj
	adjective • characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display adjective satellite • puffed up with vanity
	punctilious				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • marked by precise accordance with details
	scholastic				adjectiveadj
	adjective • of or relating to schools • of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism noun • a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit • a Scholastic philosopher or theologian
	sententious				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing • concise and full of meaning
	stilted				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • artificially formal
	fussy				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • annoyed and irritable • overcrowded or cluttered with detail • exacting especially about details
	ostentatious				adjectiveadj
	adjective • intended to attract notice and impress others adjective satellite • (of a display) tawdry or vulgar
	pedagogical				adjectiveadj
	adjective • of or relating to pedagogy
	pretentious				adjectiveadj
	adjective • making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction • intended to attract notice and impress others adjective satellite • (of a display) tawdry or vulgar
	inkhorn				nounn
	noun • A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink. • (used attributively, of vocabulary) Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.

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