German punctuation is pedantic, English punctuation is chaotic, and for Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof suggested we look towards our mother tongue as a guideline. Go figure!
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Pedantic
//pəˈdæn.tɪk//
Synonyms for "pedantic" (207 found)
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4 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- педантичен adj (like a pedant)
Catalan
2 entries- pedant adj (like a pedant)
- pedant adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 咬文嚼字的 adj (like a pedant)
- 掉書袋 /掉书袋 adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
- 教條 /教条 adj (like a pedant)
- 舞文弄墨 adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
Czech
4 entries- mentorský adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
- pedantický adj (like a pedant)
- pedantský adj (like a pedant)
- puntíčkářský adj (like a pedant)
Danish
1 entries- pedantisk adj (like a pedant)
Esperanto
2 entries- pedanta adj (like a pedant)
- pedimenta adj (like a pedant)
Estonian
1 entries- pedantne adj (like a pedant)
Finnish
4 entries- pedanttinen adj (like a pedant)
- pedanttinen adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
- pikkumainen adj (like a pedant)
- pikkutarkka adj (like a pedant)
French
3 entries- méticuleux adj (like a pedant)
- pédant adj (like a pedant)
- pédant adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
German
1 entries- pedantisch adj (like a pedant)
Greek
2 entries- δοκησίσοφος adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
- σχολαστικός adj (like a pedant)
Hungarian
1 entries- pedáns adj (like a pedant)
Italian
2 entries- pedante adj (like a pedant)
- pretenzioso adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
Japanese
2 entries- 学者ぶった adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
- 杓子定規 adj (like a pedant)
Polish
2 entries- pedantyczny adj (like a pedant)
- pretensjonalny adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
Portuguese
2 entries- pedante adj (like a pedant)
- pedante adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
Romanian
2 entries- meticulos adj (like a pedant)
- pedant adj (like a pedant)
Russian
1 entries- педанти́чный adj (like a pedant)
Spanish
4 entries- pedante adj (like a pedant)
- pedante adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
- pedantesco adj (like a pedant)
- pedantesco adj (being showy of one's knowledge)
Swedish
2 entries- pedantisk adj (like a pedant)
- petnoga adj (like a pedant)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
You are pedantic.
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Tom's boss was a pedantic micro manager, who had to check every single thing Tom did.
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You pride yourself on being pedantic, don't you?
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