choosy

choosy

adj \ˈchü-zē\

choos·i·erchoos·i·est

Definition of CHOOSY

: fastidiously selective : particular <choosy shoppers>

Variants of CHOOSY

choosy also choos·ey \ˈchü-zē\

Examples of CHOOSY

1. You can't be too choosy if you want a job right away.
2. We could afford to be as choosy as we wanted to be.

First Known Use of CHOOSY

1862

Related to CHOOSY

Synonyms: finicky (or choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicking, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, old-maidish, particular, pernickety [chiefly British], persnickety, picky

Antonyms: undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy

Related Words: hyperfastidious, overdemanding, ultrafastidious; discerning, discriminating, selective; insightful, knowledgeable; captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical; careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous; queasy (also queazy), squeamish; peevish, petulant, prickly, touchy; niminy-piminy, prim, prissy

Near Antonyms: affable, breezy, carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, lackadaisical, laid-back, low-pressure, relaxed; flexible, lax, loose; lenient, permissive; uncritical; indiscriminating, undiscriminating

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Rhymes with CHOOSY

bluesy, boozy, floozy, newsy, oozy, schmoozy, woozy