Synonyms of fastidious

fastidious

adjective

fa-ˈsti-dē-əs 

as in careful

hard to please

he is very fastidious about how he arranges his music collection, and woe to anyone who dares to mess around with it

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of fastidious in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During his momentous football career, the longtime New England Patriots quarterback won seven Super Bowl rings—the most of any player, ever—and garnered a reputation for being fastidious and disciplined. —Jane Thier, Fortune, 2 July 2024

Durrell’s definition—a little world surrounded by the sea—is superior to the one proposed by the fastidious geographers. —John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024

And if prettiness isn’t your overwhelmingly defining feature, people will use other complimentary adjectives to encourage you: smart, clever, fastidious, well-behaved, talented, funny, etc. —Sable Yong, TIME, 28 June 2024

The brand’s fastidious attention to detail has paid off: The new pieces are not only extremely user-friendly, but, well, super cute, too. —Juliet Izon, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 June 2024

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