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" (236 found)
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Closest matches (48)
academicaccordantaffectedanalaridbedizenedbibliophagicbig-soundingbluestockingbook-fedbook-learnedbook-lovingbook-mindedbook-readbook-wisebookishbookybourgeoiscompulsiveconcordant
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Adjective(9 words)
academicacademic enumerationancient languageannalisticarchaising proseattic dictionbookish language instructionchoosiestdonnish
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (70)
drydryasdustdullelegantelevatederuditeeuphemisticeuphuisticexactexquisiteextrinsicfastidiousfinicalfinickyflamboyantflamingflashyflauntingformalformalist
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formalisticformularyfulsomefussygarishgaudygongoresquegoody good-goodgoody goodygoody-goodygrandiloquentgrandiosegrandisonanthair-splittingharmonioushigh flownhigh flyinghigh soundinghigh-flowinghigh-flownhigh-flyinghigh-soundinghighfalutinimpersonalin accordin keepingin linein stepinkhornjohnsoniankosherlabyrinthinelearnedlegalisticlexiphanic
Adjective(10 words)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (118)
literaryloftyluridmagniloquentmandarinmeretriciousmeticulousmincingnamby pambynamby-pambynit-pickingnominalorotundorthodoxostentatiousoutwardoverdoneoverelaborateoverinvolvedovernice
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overpreciseoverrefinedoverscrupulousoverwroughtowlishpedagogicpedagogicalpedanticalperfectionistplasticpompouspreachypreceptorialprecieusepreciousprecisianprecisianisticprecisionisticpretentiouspriggishprofessorialprofessorlikepunctiliouspuristicquibblingrabbinicreconditerhetoricalscholarlyscholasticschoolishschoolmasteringschoolmasterishschoolmasterlikeschoolmasterlyschoolmistressyschoolteacherishschoolteacheryscrupuloussensationalsensationalisticsententiousshowysimperingsonoroussquarestiffstiltedstodgystraightstudiousstuffystylizedsuperficialsurfacetallteacherishteacherliketeacheryteachytortuoustraditionalisttutorialuptightvain
Adjective(23 words)
math-bookishmath-booklikemethodicalmeticulousnigglingnitpickyperfectionisticpersnicketypettifoggingphilologicalpriggishprissierprissiestpunctiliousrabbinicalreligiousscholarly studyscholarly termstodgytextbook phrasing
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Noun(6 words)
Verb(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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More general
1 entriesdescriptive adjective
More specific
6 entriesnitpicky wordingpedantic phrasingpedantic stylepedantic wordingperfectionistic tonerigid standard
Collocations
6 entriespedantic about detailspedantic approachpedantic footnotespedantic stylepedantic tonepedantic writing
Inflections
2 entriesmore pedanticmost pedantic
Derivations
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample 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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