Synonyms for "nitpicky" (4 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Adjective(1 words)

captious

Strong matches (1)

Adjective(1 words)

nitpickety

Related words (2)

Adjective(2 words)

punctilioustight-assed

Related word relations

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Related terms

3 entries

nitpicknitpickernitpickish

derived

1 entries

nitpickiness

derived from

1 entries

nitpick

related to

7 entries

criticaldetailfinickyinsignificantnitpicknitpickernitpickish

Translations

13 translations across 9 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• llepafils adj (overly critical)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 挑剔 adj (overly critical)

Dutch

1 entries

• muggenzifterig adj (overly critical)

Finnish

1 entries

• pikkumainen adj (overly critical)

German

4 entries

• pedantisch adj (overly critical)
• spitzfindig adj (overly critical)
• übergenau adj (overly critical)
• überkorrekt adj (overly critical)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

• تتیز adj (overly critical)

Polish

1 entries

• drobiazgowy adj (overly critical)

Russian

1 entries

• приди́рчивый adj (overly critical)

Spanish

2 entries

• cositero adj (overly critical)
• quisquilloso adj (overly critical)

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