FINICKY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FINICKY?

Need another word that means the same as “finicky”? Find 25 synonyms and 30 related words for “finicky” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Finicky” are: finical, fussy, particular, picky, fastidious, punctilious, hard to please, overcritical, difficult, awkward, exacting, demanding, perfectionist, attentive, conscientious, painstaking, meticulous, diligent, assiduous, sedulous, scrupulous, methodical, orderly, deliberate, judicious

Finicky as an Adjective

Definitions of "Finicky" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “finicky” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Exacting especially about details.
• Showing or requiring great attention to detail.
• (of a person) fussy about their needs or requirements.

Synonyms of "Finicky" as an adjective (25 Words)

assiduous	Showing great care and perseverance. Assiduous research.
attentive	Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention. Attentive to details.
awkward	Not elegant or graceful in expression. An awkward gesture.
conscientious	Wishing to do one’s work or duty well and thoroughly. The individual is denied even the opportunity to break the law on conscientious grounds.
deliberate	Fully considered; not impulsive. A deliberate attempt to provoke a response.
demanding	(of a person) making others work hard or meet high standards; not easily satisfied. Found the job very demanding.
difficult	(of a person) not easy to please or satisfy; awkward. She had a difficult decision to make.
diligent	Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one’s work or duties. A diligent detective investigates all clues.
exacting	Severe and unremitting in making demands. An exacting job.
fastidious	Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail. A fastidious and incisive intellect.
finical	Exacting especially about details.
fussy	Exacting especially about details. He is very fussy about what he eats.
hard to please	Dispassionate.
judicious	Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters. The judicious use of public investment.
methodical	Done according to a systematic or established procedure. A methodical approach to the evaluation of computer systems.
meticulous	Marked by extreme care in treatment of details. He had always been so meticulous about his appearance.
orderly	Devoid of violence or disruption. An orderly arrangement of objects.
overcritical	Inclined to judge too severely. She d been overcritical of Margaret.
painstaking	Characterized by extreme care and great effort. Painstaking research.
particular	Providing specific details or circumstances. Interested in one particular artist.
perfectionist	Refusing to accept any standard short of perfection.
picky	Fussy and hard to please. They are becoming increasingly picky about where they stay.
punctilious	Marked by precise accordance with details. He was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests.
scrupulous	Having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled. She s too scrupulous to have an affair with a married man.
sedulous	Marked by care and persistent effort. Sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles.

Usage Examples of "Finicky" as an adjective

• A finicky eater.
• His finicky copperplate hand.

Associations of "Finicky" (30 Words)

busy	Unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability engaged is a British term for a busy telephone line. Too busy to eat lunch.
demanding	(of a task) requiring much skill or effort. Found the job very demanding.
detailed	Having many details or facts; showing attention to detail. An exquisitely detailed carving.
dispensation	Exemption from a rule or usual requirement. The Mosaic dispensation.
exacting	Requiring precise accuracy. An exacting instructor.
fastidious	Very concerned about matters of cleanliness. She dressed with fastidious care.
fuss	A protest or dispute of a specified degree or kind. I don t know what all the fuss is about.
fussy	Fastidious about one’s needs or requirements; hard to please. I hate fussy clothes.
grumpy	Bad-tempered and irritable. His performance as the grumpy gateman.
haste	Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness. In his haste to leave he forgot his book.
meticulous	Marked by extreme care in treatment of details. He had always been so meticulous about his appearance.
pedantic	Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects. His analyses are careful and even painstaking but never pedantic.
picky	Exacting especially about details. They are becoming increasingly picky about where they stay.
priggish	Self-righteously moralistic and superior. She was priggish about sex.
prim	Assume a prim appearance. Laurie primmed up his mouth.
prissy	Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted. A middle class family with two prissy children.
prudery	Excessive or affected modesty.
prudish	Having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity; excessively concerned with sexual propriety. The prudish moral climate of the late 19th century.
puritanical	Having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence or sex. His puritanical parents saw any kind of pleasure as the road to damnation.
shy	(of a wild mammal or bird) reluctant to remain in sight of humans. He left school just shy of his fourteenth birthday.
squeamish	Easily made to feel sick or disgusted. So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow.
stern	Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor forbidding in aspect. A smile transformed his stern face.
stickle	A section of river where the bed slopes and the water is shallow and runs swiftly; a rapid.
stickler	A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behaviour. I m a stickler when it comes to timekeeping.
stoicism	The endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint.
strict	Characterized by strictness severity or restraint. Civil servants are bound by strict rules on secrecy.
stringent	Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures. Stringent guidelines on air pollution.
temperance	Abstinence from alcoholic drink. The temperance movement.
timid	Lacking self-confidence. I was too timid to ask for what I wanted.