pedantic

Meaning

  1. Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.
  2. Tending to show off one’s knowledge, often in a tiresome manner.

Synonyms

academic
C1
scholastic
45k
donnish
finicky
41k
punctilious
meticulous
C2
scrupulous
46k
bookish
pedantry
persnickety
pettifogging
petty
B2
priggish
prim
33k
quibble
32k
split hairs
thorough
C1
ungenerous
overparticular

square-toed

meanspirited
schoolteacherish
persnickety
pernickety
anal
C2

captious

cavilling
fastidious
44k

fault-finding

fussy
C2
pedantical
Translations

pedantisch
pedante

σχολαστικός

pedante
meticoloso
pédant
pedante

pedant

kleinlich
sentencioso
pédante
spitzfindig
méticuleux
pointilleux
doctoral
Frequency

43k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pəˈdæn.tɪk/
Etymology

From pedant + -ic.

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