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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

nit-picker

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