Thesaurus:fastidious

Thesaurus

fastidious

English

Adjective

Sense: excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details

Synonyms

• anal-retentive
• choosy
• conscientious
• dainty
• exacting
• fastidious
• finical
• finicking
• finickity
• finicky
• finikin
• fussy
• hypercritical
• lily-handed
• meticulous    [⇒ thesaurus]
• niggly
• nitpickish
• nit-picky
• nitty
• overcritical
• overscrupulous
• particular
• pedantic
• pernickety
• persnickety
• picky

Antonyms

• careless    [⇒ thesaurus]
• noncritical
• nonfastidious
• sloppy
• unconscientious
• uncritical
• unfastidious
• unfussy
• unmeticulous

Various

• methodical    [⇒ thesaurus]
• prissy

See also

• Thesaurus:meticulous
• Thesaurus:pedant

Further reading

• Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification

  Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers

  Section II. Personal Affections

  3. Prospective Affections

  “868. fastidiousness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

• “fastidious” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.