nitpicker

nitpicker
Synonyms and related words:
belittler, captious critic, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, common scold, critic, criticizer, equivocator, faultfinder, frondeur, hairsplitter, hedger, momus, mystificator, mystifier, obscurantist, palterer, perfectionist, pettifogger, picayune critic, precisian, precisianist, prevaricator, pussyfoot, pussyfooter, quibbler, scold, shuffler, smellfungus, stickler, tergiversator

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • nitpicker — (n.) pedantic critic, 1951; see NIT (Cf. nit) (n.) + PICK (Cf. pick) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • nitpicker — noun see nitpick …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • nitpicker — /nit pik euhr/, n. a person who nitpicks, esp. habitually. Also, nit picker. [1950 55; NIT1 + PICK1 + ER1] * * * …   Universalium

  • nitpicker — noun /ˈnɪt.pɪk.ɹ/ Somebody who nitpicks …   Wiktionary

  • nitpicker — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who finds fault, often severely and willfully: carper, caviler, critic, criticizer, faultfinder, hyperergic, niggler, quibbler. See PRAISE …   English dictionary for students

  • nitpicker — nɪtpɪkÉ™(r) n. one who obsessively pays attention to petty flaws or details …   English contemporary dictionary

  • nitpicker — nit·pick·er …   English syllables

  • nitpicker — See: nitpick …   English dictionary

  • nitpicker — noun someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms • Derivationally related forms: ↑nitpick • Hypernyms: ↑critic …   Useful english dictionary

  • Phil Farrand — (born November 5, 1958) is an American computer programmer, webmaster and author. He is best known for his Nitpicker s Guides , in which he nitpicks plot holes and continuity errors in the various Star Trek television programs and movies, and for …   Wikipedia

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