Related Words for pedantic

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WordSyllablesCategories
scholarly
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Adjective, Adjective
academic
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Adjective, Adjective
pedantry
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Noun
pompous
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Adjective
prissy
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Noun
verbose
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Adjective
dogmatic
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Adjective
facetious
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Adjective
wordy
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Adjective
tiresome
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Adjective
egotistical
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Adjective
puerile
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Adjective
tactless
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Adjective
officious
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Adjective
boorish
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Adjective
flippant
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Adjective
snooty
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Noun
philistine
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Noun
obtuse
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Adjective
punctilious
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Adjective
snobbish
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Adjective
erudite
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Adjective
sanctimonious
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Adjective
moralistic
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Adjective
humorless
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Adjective
pretentious
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Adjective
infantile
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Noun
prosaic
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Adjective
sarcastic
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Adjective
dopey
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Name
impertinent
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Adjective
stickler
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Noun
petty
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Noun
doctrinaire
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Noun
peevish
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Adjective
neurotic
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Adjective
condescending
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Adjective
censorious
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Adjective
glib
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Noun
precise
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Adjective
uptight
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Adjective
fastidious
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Adjective
fussy
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Adjective
finicky
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Adjective
perfectionist
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Noun
didactic
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Adjective
prude
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Noun
stuffy
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Adjective
envious
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Adjective
shallow
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Adjective
grundy
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Name
overly
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Adverb
regimental
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Noun
orderliness
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Noun
affectation
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Noun
scholasticism
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Noun
legalism
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Noun
exactitude
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Noun
erudition
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Noun
cant
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Noun
thoroughness
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Noun
footnotes
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Noun
exactness
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Noun
insistence
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Noun
wretch
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Noun
adj
x
Noun
phraseology
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Noun
arrogance
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Noun
correctness
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Noun
jargon
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Noun
seeming
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Verb
mania
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Noun
diction
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Noun
formalistic
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Adjective
adherence
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Noun
sounding
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Verb
innocence
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Noun
scholar
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Noun
precision
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Noun
rigor
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Noun
german
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Name
tutor
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Noun
appearing
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Verb
scholarship
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Noun
formality
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Noun
professors
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Noun
imitation
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Noun
accuracy
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Noun
nonsense
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Noun
streak
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Noun
tone
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Noun
allusions
x/x
Noun
weeds
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Noun
fidelity
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Noun
tyranny
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Noun
seriousness
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Noun
prose
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Noun
display
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Noun
lectures
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Noun
rigidity
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Noun
style
/
Noun
fool
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Noun
critic
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Noun
humour
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Noun
distinctions
x/x
Noun
zeal
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Noun
dismissed
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Verb
exercise
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Noun
commentary
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Noun
learning
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Noun
terminology
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Noun
phrases
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Noun
objection
x/x
Noun
repetition
xx/x
Noun
boastful
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Adjective
bookish
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Adjective
businesslike
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Adjective
circumspect
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Adjective
expression
x/x
Noun
fact
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Noun
forthright
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
irreverent
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Adjective
jocular
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Adjective
legalistic
xx/x
Adjective
stilted
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Adjective
unemotional
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Adjective
unimaginative
xx/xxx
Adjective
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
literally
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Adverb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
standard
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Adjective, Noun
collocation
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
dialect
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Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
cloth
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Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
sorta
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Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
oh
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Noun, Verb
headlines
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Noun