nitpicking

Meaning of nitpicking

noun
  1. fussy or pedantic fault-finding.
    nitpicking over tiny details
    a nitpicking legalistic exercise
verb, gerund or present participle
  1. engage in fussy or pedantic fault-finding.
    the state is nitpicking about minor administrative matters

Information about nitpicking

  • The plural form of nitpicking is: nitpickings.
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Hyphenation of nitpicking

nit-pick-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • nitpicking is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

nitpicking synonyms

Meaning caviling:

caviling, carping, pettifogging, quibbling

Meaning excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous:

pedantic

Meaning excessively scrupulous:

overscrupulous

Meaning (of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details:

scrupulous

Meaning marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail:

precise

Meaning not approximated in any way; precise:

exact

Meaning a person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection:

perfectionist

Meaning showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour:

punctilious

Meaning showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise:

meticulous

Meaning fastidious about one's needs or requirements; hard to please:

fussy

Meaning very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail:

fastidious

Meaning another term for finicky:

finical

Meaning (of a person) fussy about their needs or requirements:

finicky

Meaning inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true:

dogmatic

Meaning a person who insists on absolute adherence to traditional rules or structures, especially in language or style:

purist

Meaning a person who adheres excessively to prescribed forms:

formalist

Meaning an adherent of scholasticism; a schoolman:

scholastic

Meaning tending to find fault or raise petty objections:

captious

Meaning excessively and unreasonably critical, especially of small faults:

hypercritical

Meaning make petty or unnecessary objections:

cavilling

Meaning placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy:

pernickety, persnickety

Meaning excessively fussy or fastidious:

overnice

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