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Synonyms & Antonyms of pedantic
- The writing was overly complex and pedantic, which made it nearly impossible to understand for anyone but a specialist.
- The speech was thoroughly researched and well structured, but too pedantic to appeal to a general audience.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for pedantic
- affected,
- grandiose,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-minded,
- la-di-da
- (also la-de-da or lah-de-dah or lah-dee-dah or lah-di-dah),
- ostentatious,
- pompous
- erudite,
- learned,
- literate,
- polyhistoric,
- polymath
- (or polymathic),
- scholarly,
- scholastic,
- well-read
- academic
- (also academical),
- bookish,
- professorial
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for pedantic
- I found the author's writing informative but dreadfully pedantic.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for pedantic
- arid,
- barren,
- boring,
- colorless,
- drab,
- dreary,
- drudging,
- dry,
- dull,
- dusty,
- flat,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- humdrum,
- jading,
- jejune,
- leaden,
- mind-numbing,
- monotonous,
- numbing,
- old,
- pedestrian,
- ponderous,
- prosaic,
- stodgy,
- stuffy,
- tame,
- tedious,
- tiresome,
- tiring,
- undramatic,
- uninteresting,
- vapid,
- wearisome,
- weary,
- wearying
- canned,
- cardboard,
- conventional,
- cookie-cutter,
- derivative,
- imitative,
- ready-made,
- tried-and-true,
- unimaginative,
- uninspired,
- unoriginal
- banal,
- cliché
- (also cliche),
- clichéd,
- cobwebby,
- commonplace,
- hack,
- hackney,
- hackneyed,
- moth-eaten,
- musty,
- obligatory,
- shopworn,
- stale,
- stereotyped,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tired,
- trite,
- well-worn
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for pedantic
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“Pedantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedantic. Accessed 14 Aug. 2020.
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The first known use of pedantic was in 1628
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