Synonyms of fastidious

fastidious

adjective

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

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• 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

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