particular

particular

adjective

Definition of PARTICULAR

1

hard to please <she's very particular about the cleanliness of her car>

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

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

Antonyms undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy

2

of, relating to, or belonging to a single person <that particular mug is Mike's>

Synonyms idiomatic, individualized, particular, patented, peculiar, personal, personalized, private, privy, separate, singular, subjective, unique

Related Words characteristic, distinctive, intimate; identifying, idiosyncratic; especial, express, special, specific; independent, nonconformist, self-directed, self-sufficient; custom, customized, specialized

Near Antonyms broad, prevailing, prevalent, widespread; common, normal, regular, typical

Antonyms general, generic, popular, public, shared, universal

3

tending to select carefully <he's particular about the corn he buys>

Synonyms choosy (or choosey), particular, picky

Related Words nice; fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy; discerning, discriminating, judicious

Near Antonyms indiscriminate, indiscriminating

Antonyms nonselective, unselective

4

including many small descriptive features <a very particular account of the breakdown of their marriage from the husband's perspective>

Synonyms blow-by-blow, circumstantial, elaborate, full, minute, particular, particularized, thorough

Related Words enumerated, inventoried, itemized, listed, numerated; delineated, specific, specified; abundant, copious; comprehensive, encyclopedic, exhausting, exhaustive, inclusionary, inclusive, in-depth, omnibus, panoramic, thoroughgoing; accurate, correct, exact, precise; complete, entire, replete; distinct, explicit, sharp; mapped (out); descriptive, graphic (also graphical), picturesque, vivid

Near Antonyms brief, compact, concise, crisp, pithy, short, succinct, terse; abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, cut, pruned, shortened, trimmed; ambiguous, indeterminate, nebulous, nondescript, sketchy, vague; bird's-eye, broad, general, nonspecific, overall, unspecified

Antonyms compendious, summary