Synonyms for pedantic
pəˈdæn tɪkpedan·tic

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1. pedanticadjective

   Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

   Synonyms:
   anal-retentive, nit-picky, fussy

2. pedanticadjective

   Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.

   Synonyms:
   nit-picky, anal-retentive, fussy

3. pedanticadjective

   Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.

   Synonyms:
   fussy, anal-retentive, nit-picky

4. pedanticadjective

   Synonyms:
   nit-picky, pedagogical, ostentatious, pretentious

5. pedanticadjective

   Synonyms:
   nit-picky, fussy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. pedantic

   Synonyms:
   pedagogical, priggish

   Antonyms:
   unaffected, slipshod

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. academic, donnish, pedanticadjective

   marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

   Synonyms:
   academic, donnish

   Antonyms:
   unscholarly

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1. overlearned

   Submitted by anonymous on August 4, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. pedanticadjective

   Synonyms:
   conceited, pragmatical, vain of knowledge, ostentations of learning

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1. William Congreve:

   Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

2. Unknown:

   Socrates seems to be the philosophical napkin with which the ensuing cultural thinkers of history wipe their mouths of pedantic ooze.

3. Jerome K. Jerome:

   Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.