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nit-picker

NOUN
critic
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter maligner muckraker nagger quibbler scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer disapprover disputer fretter hypercritic mud-slinger panner reviler sidewalk superintendent
Antonyms
WEAK
complimenter praiser
NOUN
niggler
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter faultfinder maligner muckraker nagger nitpicker quibbler scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer criticizer disapprover disputer fretter hypercritic mud-slinger panner reviler sidewalk superintendent
NOUN
nitpicker
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter faultfinder maligner muckraker nagger niggler quibbler scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer criticizer disapprover disputer fretter hypercritic mud-slinger panner reviler sidewalk superintendent
NOUN
perfectionist
Synonyms
STRONG
fusspot idealist purist quibbler
WEAK
formalist fussbudget
NOUN
quibble
Synonyms
STRONGEST
nicety
STRONG
artifice cavil criticism dodge duplicity equivocation evasion niggle pretense prevarication protest quiddity quirk shift sophism subterfuge subtlety
WEAK
hair-splitter
Antonyms
STRONG
approval directness facing honesty meeting openness praise reality
WEAK
agreement concurrence
NOUN
quibbler
Synonyms
STRONG
attacker carper caviler censor complainant complainer defamer disparager doubter faultfinder maligner muckraker nagger niggler nitpicker scolder slanderer vilifier worrier zapper
WEAK
aristarch backseat driver belittler blamer censurer criticizer disapprover disputer fretter hypercritic mud-slinger panner reviler sidewalk superintendent

Example Sentences

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He even takes credit for placing the first lock on Ponte Milvio, he said, “in case some nit-picker came to check if was true.”

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2021

Picking out your child’s nits by hand – or better yet, paying a professional nit-picker or salon to do it for you.

From US News • Jun. 18, 2014