My teacher is a stickler for grammar.
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Stickler
Synonyms for "stickler" (54 found)
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Related words (27)
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8 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- привърженик noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Catalan
1 entries- perepunyetes noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Czech
2 entries- hnidopich noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- pedant noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
French
2 entries- pointilleux noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- tatillon noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
German
2 entries- Pedant noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- Verfechter noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Greek
1 entries- ψείρας noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Hungarian
4 entries- kukacoskodó noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- pedáns noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- szőrszálhasogató noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- szőröző noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Italian
1 entries- pignolo noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- pedant noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- regelrytter noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Polish
2 entries- pedant noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- pedantka noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Russian
2 entries- приве́рженец noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- я́рый сторо́нник noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- cjepidlaka noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- sitničar noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- sitničavac noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Spanish
3 entries- pejiguero noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- rigorista noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
- tiquismiquis noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Swedish
1 entries- pedant noun (someone who insistently advocates for something)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
He is a stickler for principles.
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The judge, though a stickler for the dignity of the bench, was a great pipe smoker and allowed the attorneys the privilege of smoking in court.
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He was a real stickler for his principles.
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