Pedant

//ˈpɛdənt//

Synonyms for "pedant" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Noun(4 words)

academe bookworm brainiac commafucker

anal character babbitt bluestocking bourgeois brainiac burgher compulsive character conformer

Strong matches (17)

conformist conventionalist euphuist fine writer formalist fusser gongorist marinist methodologist middle american middle-class type model child organization man parrot perfectionist

Noun(2 words)

fusser nitpicker

Related word relations

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More general

2 entries

scholar scholarly person

Related terms

19 entries

Pedant in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)buzzkill caviler complainer fastidious formalist fusser hairsplitter nazi neatnik perfectionist precisian precisianist precisionist purist rulemonger

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derived

12 entries

outpedant pedancy pedantess pedantic pedantical pedantise pedantism pedantize pedantly pedantocracy pedantocrat pedantry

is a

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related to

3 entries

pedantic schoolmaster teacher

Translations

52 translations across 29 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries

مُتَحَذْلِق noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
مُتَشَدِّق noun (person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar)

Bulgarian

1 entries

педант noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Catalan

1 entries

pedant noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

夫子 noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
學究 /学究 noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
老學究 /老学究 noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Czech

1 entries

pedant noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Danish

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pedant noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Dutch

2 entries

weetal noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
wijsneus noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Esperanto

1 entries

pedanto noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Estonian

3 entries

juuksekarvalõhestaja noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
pedant noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
tähenärija noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Finnish

4 entries

pedantti noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
saivartelija noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
saivartelija noun (person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar)
viisastelija noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

French

4 entries

pédant noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
pédant noun (person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar)
pédante noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
pédante noun (person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar)

German

2 entries

Pedant noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
Pedantin noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Greek

2 entries

δοκησίσοφος noun (person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar)
σχολαστικός noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Hebrew

1 entries

דַּקְדְּקָן noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Icelandic

4 entries

smámunasamur maður noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
smámunasöm kona noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
uppfull af lærdómshroka noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
uppfullur af lærdómshroka noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Ido

1 entries

pedanto noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Italian

3 entries

cervellona noun (person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar)
cervellone noun (person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar)
pedante noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Japanese

1 entries

衒学者 noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Korean

1 entries

공론가 noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Latvian

1 entries

pedants noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Lithuanian

1 entries

pedantas noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Macedonian

1 entries

педа́нт noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

pedant noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

pedant noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Polish

2 entries

pedant noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
pedantka noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Portuguese

2 entries

pedante noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
pedante noun (person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar)

Russian

2 entries

педа́нт noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
педа́нтка noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Spanish

1 entries

pedante noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Swedish

1 entries

pedant noun (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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He is what is called a pedant.

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The geometry teacher was a pedant.

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He's a pedant.

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Vanya is an even bigger pedant than I am.

Source: tatoeba (10636433)

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