Synonyms of persnickety

persnickety

adjective

1

as in finicky

hard to please

as she got older, she got more and more persnickety

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in challenging

requiring much time, effort, or careful attention

lacked the patience to deal with such persnickety tasks as hanging wallpaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• challenging
• difficult
• demanding
• onerous
• laborious
• exacting
• tough
• burdensome
• arduous
• hard
• formidable
• taxing
• grueling
• toilsome
• gruelling
• strenuous
• testing
• killing
• oppressive
• stringent
• strict
• rigorous
• stiff
• herculean
• severe
• rough
• stern
• rugged
• rigid
• trying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undemanding
• light
• easy
• simple
• unchallenging
• smooth
• effortless
• nondemanding
• facile

3

as in aristocratic

being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior

his persnickety attitude lost him some friends when they found out what he really thinks of "their kind"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aristocratic
• arrogant
• snooty
• snobbish
• snobby
• snotty
• ritzy
• elitist
• uppity
• high-hat
• toffee-nosed
• potty
• bumptious
• supercilious
• smug
• high-and-mighty
• hifalutin
• aloof
• haughty
• pretentious
• egotistical
• huffy
• pompous
• hoity-toity
• imperious
• superior
• egoistical
• high-handed
• presumptuous
• self-important
• highfalutin
• egotistic
• huffish
• bigheaded
• peremptory
• egoistic
• toplofty
• overweening
• toploftical
• stuck-up
• prideful
• lordly
• self-satisfied
• self-conceited
• biggety
• biggity
• swelled-headed
• swellheaded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• democratic
• egalitarian
• humble
• modest
• unpretentious
• egoless
• antielitist

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