Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nitpick |
| Synonyms: | argue, carp, cavil, complain, find fault, fuss, grouse, grumble, moan, nag, object |
| Main Entry: | objection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument, disagreement |
| Synonyms: | cavil, censure, challenge, counter-argument, criticism, declination, demur, demurral, demurring, difficulty, disapprobation, disapproval, discontent, disesteem, disinclination, dislike, displeasure, dissatisfaction, doubt, exception, grievance, gripe, hesitation, kick, niggle, odium, opposition, protest, protestation, question, rejection, reluctance, remonstrance, remonstration, repugnancy, revilement, scruple, shrinking, squawk, stink*, unwillingness |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, agreement, concurrence, consent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | putter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle |
| Synonyms: | doodle, fiddle, fritter, goof around, loiter, mess, mess around, niggle, poke*, potter, puddle, shuffle around, tinker |
| Antonyms: | execute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quibble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | objection, complaint |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cavil, criticism, dodge, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, hair-splitter, nicety, niggle, nit-picker, pretense, prevarication, protest, quiddity, quirk, shift, sophism, subterfuge, subtlety |
| Antonyms: | agreement, approval, concurrence |
| Main Entry: | tinker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fiddle with |
| Synonyms: | dabble, doodle, fix, mess with, mess*, monkey*, muck about, niggle, play, play with, puddle, putter, repair, take apart, toy, trifle with |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt*, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, dram, driblet, drop*, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, ort, ounce, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, scruple, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle, trifle, whit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt*, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, dram, driblet, drop*, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, minim, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, ounce, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, scruple, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle, trifle, whit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pettifog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | quibble |
| Synonyms: | altercate, argue over, argufy, avoid, bicker, blow hot and cold, carp, catch at straws, cavil, chicane, criticize, dispute, equivocate, evade, fence, flip-flop, hassle, have at it, hem and haw, hypercriticize, make a big thing about, niggle, nit-pick, nitpick, paralogize, pick to pieces, pretend, prevaricate, put up an argument, set to, shift, spar, split hairs, squabble, talk back, waffle, wrangle |
| Main Entry: | protestation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | objection |
| Synonyms: | cavil, censure, challenge, counter-argument, criticism, declination, demur, demurral, demurring, difficulty, disapprobation, disapproval, discontent, disesteem, disinclination, dislike, displeasure, dissatisfaction, doubt, exception, expostulation, grievance, gripe, hesitation, kick*, niggle, odium, opposition, protest, question, rejection, reluctance, remonstrance, remonstration, repugnancy, revilement, scruple, shrinking, squawk, stink*, unwillingness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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