pedantic

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Pronunciation

• enPR: pa-dăn'tĭk, IPA: /pəˈdæn.tɪk/

Adjective

pedantic

1. Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
2. Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
3. Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.

Synonyms

• (like a pedant) (informal, derogatory) anal-retentive, fussy, nit-picky
• (knowledge-peacock) (sometimes applicable) nit-picky, ostentatious, pedagogical, pretentious
• (linguistically affected) fussy, nit-picky, inkhorn
• See also Thesaurus:fastidious

Related terms

• pedant
• pedantry

Translations

• French: méticuleux
• Portuguese: pedante
• Russian: педанти́чный
• Spanish: pedante, pretencioso

Translations

• French: pédant
• Spanish: pedante

Translations

• French: pointilleux

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