Synonyms of picky

picky

adjective

1

as in choosey

hard to please

a picky cat who would only eat one particular kind of food, and only if it was served in his special dish

Synonyms & Similar Words

• choosey
• choosy
• finicky
• careful
• nice
• fussy
• persnickety
• particular
• demanding
• fastidious
• pernickety
• exacting
• selective
• dainty
• finical
• meticulous
• delicate
• finicking
• fussbudgety
• discerning
• discriminating
• old-maidish
• critical
• knowledgeable
• captious
• hypercritical
• scrupulous
• insightful
• overcritical
• squeamish
• punctilious
• peevish
• faultfinding
• painstaking
• touchy
• petulant
• prissy
• queasy
• overdemanding
• hyperfastidious
• ultrafastidious
• carping
• queazy
• prickly
• prim
• cavilling
• caviling
• niminy-piminy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undemanding
• flexible
• carefree
• affable
• loose
• lackadaisical
• relaxed
• lax
• lenient
• low-pressure
• breezy
• unfussy
• permissive
• unfastidious
• uncritical
• laid-back
• happy-go-lucky
• undiscriminating
• devil-may-care
• indiscriminating

2

as in selective

tending to select carefully

she's picky, but she always finds the best quality in fresh meat and fish

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selective
• choosy
• choosey
• particular
• finicky
• nice
• fussy
• fastidious
• discerning
• discriminating
• finical
• judicious
• finicking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonselective
• indiscriminate
• unselective
• indiscriminating