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Synonyms for picky
ˈpɪk ipick·y

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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. pickyadjective

    Synonyms:
    pic, fussy, anal retentive, choosy, particular, finicky, pedantic

  2. pickyadjective

    A picture.

    I am very picky about the way my kitchen works.

    Synonyms:
    finicky, fussy, anal retentive, choosy, particular, pedantic, pic

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. finical, finicky, fussy, particular, pickyadjective

    exacting especially about details

    "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"

    Synonyms:
    special(a), peculiar(a), bad-tempered, busy, particular, cross, finicky, grumpy, grouchy, special, especial(a), finical, crabby, crabbed, particular(a), fussy, ill-tempered, exceptional

    Antonyms:
    unfastidious

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "picky":

    selective, difficult

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#273special
#1083cross
#1113particular
#1928difficult
#2402pic
#4087busy
#6385exceptional
#9274selective
#30373grumpy
#32099picky
#35759pedantic
#42715fussy
#65060crabby
#66650grouchy
#87747finicky
#116211choosy
#251752crabbed

How to use picky in a sentence?

  1. Laney Griner:

    We're picky about who uses it and how.

  2. Bibi Bahrami:

    He tried everything, he was not picky.

  3. Troy Lerner:

    It was very picky, we really ran people through the ringer.

  4. Bobby Tudor:

    Buyers can afford to be very picky.

  5. Carley Kammerer:

    I don't think employers can be quite as picky as they were being before, there is a sense of dignity and worth that comes from employment... Sometimes, just that confidence of making your own way and making a paycheck can go a long way.


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