pedantic[adjective]Synonyms: hairsplitting, academic, bookish, donnish, formal, fussy, nit-picking
(informal), particular, precise, punctilious
Antonyms: unpedantic
Related Words: erudite,
learned,
didactic,
donnish,
inkhorn,
schoolish,
schoolteacherish,
arid,
dry,
dryasdust,
dull [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pe‧dan‧tic /pɪˈdæntɪk/
adjective paying too much attention to rules or to small unimportant details
pedantic about
Some people can be very pedantic about punctuation.—pedantically /-kli/
adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲