Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "pedant" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

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

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

scholar scholarly person

Type Of (IsA)

scholar

Related Terms

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

Related Terms

pedantic schoolmaster teacher

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