picky

picky

adjective \ˈpi-kē\

pick·i·erpick·i·est

Definition of PICKY

: fussy, choosy <a picky eater>

Examples of PICKY

1. <a picky cat who would only eat one particular kind of food, and only if it was served in his special dish>
2. <she's picky, but she always finds the best quality in fresh meat and fish>

First Known Use of PICKY

1900

Related to PICKY

Synonyms

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

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

Rhymes with PICKY

dickey, hickey, icky, kicky, quickie, rickey, shticky, sickie, sticky, tricky