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Noun
▲
One who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards
formalist
purist
precisian
precisionist
idealist
pedant
stickler
fussbudget
fusspot
hairsplitter
nit-picker
obsessive
quibbler
stickler for perfection
literalist
sophist
doctrinaire
dogmatist
casuist
fault-finder
caviller
hair-splitter
nitpicker
pettifogger
Dryasdust
carper
academic
intellectual
scholar
pedagogueUK
know-it-all
more ❯
“It took me all of two minutes to get working, plus an hour of perfectionist fiddling to get this pretty map.”
Noun
▲
A person who insists on something
stickler
fanatic
martinet
pedant
strict disciplinarian
disciplinarian
enforcer
hard taskmaster
maniac
nitpicker
nut
purist
taskmaster
fusspot
authoritarian
taskmistress
tyrant
slave-driver
drillmaster
despot
bully
slavedriver
hardliner
drill sergeant
stickler for discipline
hard master
formalist
teacher
sundowner
trainer
master
sergeant
ramrod
strict teacher
Noun
▲
One who outperforms
overachiever
genius
phenomenon
prodigy
sycophant
wunderkind
Noun
▲
A person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things
fusspot
fussbudget
grumbler
baby
bellyacher
complainer
crybaby
fusser
griper
kvetch
kvetcher
sniveler
whiner
worrier
nitpicker
stickler
worryguts
worrywart
fussy person
old woman
neurotic
pessimist
nervous wreck
nervous Nellie
nervous Nelly
karen
big baby
overthinker
lament
beef
grouch
squawk
grievance
grouse
whimper
carp
gripe
miserere
yammer
whine
plaint
bleat
wail
fuss
murmur
bundle of nerves
whinge
holler
grumble
moan
sissy
softy
wuss
critic
wimp
faultfinder
moaner
handwringer
fidget
Noun
▲
Compulsive character
anal personality
anal character
anal retentive personality
precisionist
Noun
▲
Completist
completionist
completist
accumulator
amasser
collector
fan
hoarder
hobbyist
Noun
▲
Idealist or crusader
idealist
crusader
fanatic
fundamentalist
zealot
Adjective
▲
Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details
meticulous
painstaking
scrupulous
detailed
particular
strict
thorough
fastidious
exact
punctilious
careful
conscientious
diligent
fussy
microscopic
precise
correct
demanding
exacting
studious
accurate
methodical
pedantic
rigorous
cautious
conscionable
duteous
finicky
heedful
laborious
nice
nitpicking
persnickety
picky
stickling
punctual
ultra-careful
nit-picky
white-glove
crossing the t's
dotting the i's
minute
unerring
complete
faultless
systematic
comprehensive
definite
rigid
explicit
perfect
true
error-free
flawless
reliable
errorless
persevering
specific
spot on
hard-working
circumstantial
impeccable
infallible
scientific
extensive
blow-by-blow
all-inclusive
sweeping
all-embracing
tough
zealous
clear-cut
absolute
certain
particularizedUS
veracious
on the button
definitive
veridical
all-out
itemizedUS
bang on
literal
unambiguous
defined
persistent
unmistakable
stringent
on the money
unflagging
total
deep
intricate
profound
constant
encyclopedicUS
particularisedUK
itemisedUK
truthful
regular
just
distinct
unquestionable
unimpeachable
exquisite
encyclopaedicUK
unfailing
intent
busy
on the nose
earnest
good
active
sagacious
tireless
prudent
dead-on
rational
engaged
on the mark
uncompromising
employed
bustling
subtle
on target
complex
complicated
working
factual
nuanced
sure
all-encompassing
out-and-out
logical
skilfulUK
skillfulUS
genuine
plugging
categorical
clean
concentrated
clocklike
finespun
inerrant
efficient
intense
whole-hog
full-dress
inch-perfect
actual
from A to Z
unswerving
letter-perfect
on-target
on the nail
watchful
vigilant
alert
authentic
ordered
controlled
immediate
indefatigable
tied-up
hopping
occupied
full-scale
considered
determined
steadfast
serious
precision
reasoned
reasonable
untiring
deft
discriminative
concrete
direct
clear
hard
levelheaded
swotty
matter-of-fact
widespread
consummate
ultraprecise
uncanny
valid
realistic
compendious
tenacious
steady
polished
dependable
radical
deductive
objective
sound
in depth
cyclopedic
embracive
panoramic
universal
inclusive
omnibus
model
irrefutable
undeniable
conclusive
undisputed
unrefuted
deadly
far-reaching
well organized
unmistaken
upright
appropriate
sticklerish
priggish
cover-all
all-in
well-grounded
picture-book
picture-perfect
classic
broad-gauge
broad-gauged
textbook
word-perfect
eager beaver
on the beam
whole
straight
dead on
soup to nuts
all the way
royal
plenty
slam-bang
ornate
stickler
thoroughpaced
undeviating
surgical
unremitting
unwearied
focusedUS
concentrating
listening
specializedUS
specialisedUK
grinding
whiz
topical
intrinsic
loyal
excessively orderly
omniscient
cultivated
choicy
authoritative
considerable
mincing
calculated
measured
rough
canonical
firm
fixed
fiddly
wary
guarded
focussedUK
unequivocal
anal
official
final
over-fastidious
unyielding
well defined
meaningful
substantial
significant
fretful
fuddy-duddy
obsessive
word for word
lethal
effective
well aimed
organizedUS
developed
umbrella
global
lifelike
fair
convincing
personal
without error
canny
politic
dead right
bull's-eye
unbroken
to a T
perfected
to a turn
tight
unbending
cultured
appreciative
fine-drawn
superior
nifty
express
wall-to-wall
regulated
seriatim
elaborated
enumerated
concerted
hanging in
hanging tough
playing safe
experienced
full-blown
catholic
veristic
verisimilar
point-by-point
vigorous
all-absorbing
ultra-fine
incorrupted
winning
clearly defined
walking on eggs
true to life
purposeful
exclusive
educated
organisedUK
experimental
at length
telling it like it is
fact-based
the word
gingerly
considerate
softly-softly
conservative
sage
cagey
safe
crystal clear
minding p's and q's
heart and soul into
firsthand
no stone unturned
as it really happened
prompt
timely
unwavering
scrutinisingUK
hard-to-please
scrutinizingUS
explosive
heavy-duty
violent
vehement
excruciating
vicious
fearsome
ghastly
high-pressure
fierce
heavy
terrible
resolute
frightful
hellacious
dreadful
blistering
furious
ferocious
almighty
fearful
essential
elemental
calculating
leery
extremely particular
balanced
pragmatic
unblemished
demure
accelerated
fast
insistent
speeded-up
special
intimate
unqualified
univocal
inevitable
assured
mature
dogged
driven
practical
sensible
ideal
first-hand
committed
pertinacious
dead
positive
trustworthy
inerrable
sure-fire
invariable
exemplary
enlightened
plausible
analytic
justifiable
thinking
intellectual
synthetic
intelligent
credible
philosophic
reflective
ratiocinative
commonsense
trustable
reasoning
collected
cerebral
perspicacious
seasonable
on time
early
speedy
well thought-out
niminy-piminy
mimsy
unrelenting
eager
proven
corroborated
colorable
commonsensical
substantiated
coherent
shrewd
sincere
secure
cogent
knowing
confirmed
commonsensible
informed
validated
verified
old-maid
po-faced
governessy
nice-nelly
schoolmistressy
straitlaced
straightlaced
bluenosed
slogging
operose
persisting
plodding
expeditious
recurrent
in good time
on the dot
periodic
cyclic
quick
ready
seamless
immaculate
irreproachable
copybook
indefectible
supportable
tenable
sustainable
certified
defensible
empirical
maintainable
cognitive
open
defendable
calculable
empiric
Grundyish
square-toed
without fault
foolproof
without blemish
to schedule
in time
on schedule
when expected
well timed
blue-nose
prim and proper
moralistic
dapper
genteel
goody-goody
wooden
cleanly
ceremonial
overmodest
spic-and-span
snobbish
spruce
dignified
unspotted
supreme
stainless
intact
crimeless
spotless
unguilty
just so
spot on time
under the wire
bang on time
sophisticated
involved
fancy
well-reasoned
well-advised
well-thought-out
standard
OK
so
acceptable
O.K.
convoluted
legitimate
amen
righteous
stone
okay
undistorted
equitable
leaving no stone unturned
right as rain
on the ball
on the right track
for sure
on track
on the right lines
free of error
right stuff
along the right lines
cooking with gas
according to Hoyle
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(of a person) Making others work hard or meet high standards
demanding
trying
uncompromising
clamorous
critical
dictatorial
disapproving
fussy
importunate
intractable
judgmental
obstinate
rigorous
strict
tiresome
tough
cavillingUK
difficult
exigent
fractious
hard
harsh
imperious
inflexible
insistent
nagging
overbearing
overexacting
querulous
stringent
troublesome
unaccommodating
unamenable
unbending
unmanageable
cavilingUS
cavillous
censuring
disparaging
faultfinding
firm
hairsplitting
hardheaded
hypercritical
needy
obdurate
overscrupulous
possessive
quibbling
sticklerish
stiff
stubborn
unflinching
unreasonable
unsparing
carping
censorious
cynical
demeaning
serious
tyrannical
high-maintenance
fault-finding
hard to please
hard to satisfy
over-exacting
hard-line
over-censorious
over-particular
over-rigorous
over-strict
uncooperative
wilful
wayward
contumacious
awkward
unruly
uncontrollable
disobedient
ungovernable
willful
unhelpful
insubordinate
defiant
rebellious
undisciplined
incompliant
self-willed
mulish
wild
disorderly
rebel
untoward
disruptive
restive
recusant
rowdy
truculent
mutinous
annoying
incorrigible
vexatious
incontrollable
boisterous
pervicacious
out of hand
out of control
renitent
turbulent
inimical
pat
cross-grained
impossible
unwilling
bullheaded
resistant
belligerent
dogged
adamant
implacable
hostile
antagonistic
tenacious
determined
troublemaking
adamantine
inconvincible
hardened
ossified
problematic
stubborn as a mule
noncompliant
unmalleable
self-opinionated
lawless
adverse
irrepressible
violent
riotous
uncontrolled
dissident
unpersuadable
unrestrained
capricious
ill-disciplined
unadaptable
delinquent
rock-ribbed
exasperating
anarchic
deaf to reason
unresponsive
undisciplinable
confrontational
obstinately disobedient
disagreeable
attention-seeking
complex
insoluble
unfriendly
dissentient
loud
unsympathetic
noisy
contentious
nonconformist
chaotic
unbridled
opposing
militant
antipathetic
unpliable
bellicose
indocile
rumbustious
unpleasant
persistent
uncongenial
locked in
relentless
pugnacious
strong-willed
dead set on
tetchy
grouchy
contradictory
inimitable
morose
peevish
irrational
shrewish
biased
illogical
inconsiderate
unsupportive
blinkered
arbitrary
grumpy
ill-tempered
sullen
sulky
naughty
flyaway
sticky
prejudiced
intolerant
burdensome
impudent
insolent
limit
vexing
pesky
blocking
stalling
restrictive
inhibiting
delaying
badly-behaved
incurable
disaffected
narky
bad-tempered
ratty
shirty
choleric
not cooperative
disturbed
maladjusted
bulky
discommodious
incommodious
cramped
unconstructive
hindering
badly behaved
tricky
resisting
insubmissive
radical
withstanding
unobliging
impossible to cope with
frustrating
making difficulties
not giving an inch
scrappy
paradoxical
contrariant
nonconforming
discordant
arsey
disagreeing
non-compliant
uncivil
discourteous
thorny
locked
knotty
wrongheaded
converse
difficult to handle
insurgent
insurrectionary
problem
challenging
unamiable
tough nut
hang tough
vociferous
rough
tempestuous
uproarious
raucous
lively
rollicking
romping
anarchical
heedless
reckless
lawbreaking
seditious
rampaging
rambunctious
threatening
resolved
unbendable
unshakable
steely
impulsive
impetuous
impervious
rash
intemperate
imprudent
forward
assertive
drunken
bawdy
mean
roisterous
rackety
tumultuous
persevering
unshakeable
rip-roaring
untimely
unfortunate
uncompliant
unalterable
rampageous
roistering
unmoved
indurate
unbreakable
fixed
heady
piercing
screaming
booming
strepitous
blusterous
inconvenient
inopportune
unfavorableUS
unfavourableUK
out of line
convinced
remorseless
raising Cain
unanticipated
ill-timed
unexpected
iron-willed
raising the roof
adversarial
unforeseen
disastrous
unusual
surprising
unpredicted
mistimed
dissenting
aggressive
crazy
hysterical
nuts
outrageous
madcap
insurmountable
berserk
angry
unlucky
unwelcome
opposed
combative
infelicitous
inauspicious
inapt
unsuitable
inappropriate
oppositional
spiteful
malapropos
badly timed
unseasonable
inhospitable
wrathful
conflicting
vitriolic
jaundiced
virulent
unpropitious
misfortunate
disturbing
adversative
accusatorial
allergic
oppugnant
hapless
ill-starred
opposite
unsociable
reluctant
unreceptive
star-crossed
ill-disposed
oppugning
luckless
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Adjective
▲
Possessing or acting with the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality
idealistic
quixotic
romantic
visionary
starry-eyed
utopian
optimistic
unrealistic
dreamy
idealist
impracticable
impractical
quixotical
starry
Utopian
castle-building
abstracted
chimerical
dreaming
idealisedUK
idealizedUS
naive
radical
fanciful
unworkable
impossible
imaginary
absurd
unworldly
non-viable
fantastic
whimsical
imaginative
speculative
mythical
fabulous
illusive
fictitious
daydreaming
made-up
head-in-the-clouds
chimeric
phantasmal
out of touch with reality
phantasmic
dreamlike
inventive
fictional
unusable
invented
imagined
unattainable
pretend
make-believe
fantasied
phantom
mythic
imaginal
notional
shadowy
unsubstantial
delusive
creative
hypothetical
inspired
ingenious
deceptive
original
vague
inapplicable
innovative
infeasible
nonviable
nonfunctional
ivory-towered
irrealizable
hallucinatory
astral
introspective
musing
legendary
high-flown
poetic
unnegotiable
no-go
won't fly
not a prayer
out of the question
capricious
far-sighted
enterprising
airy-fairy
clever
prophetic
insightful
resourceful
vain
flighty
nonpractical
unwise
unachievable
mythological
unpractical
imagal
nonexistent
originative
artful
unconventional
figmental
dreamed-up
in the clouds
innovational
unorthodox
artistic
vivid
blue-sky
Promethean
apocryphal
supposititious
apparitional
spectral
offbeat
fertile
head in the clouds
trumped up
fool's paradise
avant-garde
unviable
unrealizable
unfounded
intangible
gentle
excellent
phantasmagoric
marvelousUS
woolgathering
lulling
soothing
misty
nightmarish
preoccupied
pensive
immaterial
introvertive
calming
phantasmagorical
relaxing
out of this world
conceptual
exaggerated
idyllic
out there
fantasizingUS
estimated
academic
all in the mind
sentimental
over-optimistic
Panglossian
Micawberish
expressive
fantasisingUK
fresh
exotic
supposed
marvellousUK
moony
eccentric
fancy
quirky
fancied
assumed
freakish
brilliant
genius
experimental
freaky
curious
keen
happy
hoping
far-out
ridiculous
revolutionary
bizarre
crackpot
astute
non-existent
suppositious
concocted
fabricated
storybook
misleading
virtual
ethereal
mercurial
unearthly
mental
transcendent
out-of-reach
all in one's head
specious
fallacious
false
innovatory
spurious
beguiling
deceitful
deluding
mistaken
deceiving
misconceived
off-centre
unusual
nonconformist
individual
stimulating
poetical
apparent
insubstantial
ostensible
seeming
out of the ordinary
brain wave
inspirational
fictive
breaking ground
way out
productive
prescient
perceptive
discerning
penetrating
intuitive
in error
shrewd
gifted
wise
sharp
talented
exalted
noble
with your head in the clouds
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