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

Need another word that means the same as “picky”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “picky” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Picky” are: finical, finicky, fussy, particular, troublesome, tiresome, trying, exasperating, demanding, unmanageable, intractable, perverse, contrary, recalcitrant, obstreperous, refractory, fractious

Picky as an Adjective

Definitions of "Picky" as an adjective

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

• Fussy and hard to please.
• Exacting especially about details.

Synonyms of "Picky" as an adjective (17 Words)

contrary	Perversely inclined to disagree or to do the opposite of what is expected or desired. The facts point to a contrary conclusion.
demanding	(of a task) requiring much skill or effort. A baby can be so demanding.
exasperating	Extremely annoying or displeasing. His cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating.
finical	Exacting especially about details.
finicky	Showing or requiring great attention to detail. A finicky eater.
fractious	(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome. A fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
fussy	Annoyed and irritable. Fussy about clothes.
intractable	(of a person) difficult or stubborn. An intractable disposition.
obstreperous	Boisterously and noisily aggressive. Kept up an obstreperous clamor.
particular	Surpassing what is common or usual or expected. Interested in one particular artist.
perverse	Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable. A perverse mood.
recalcitrant	Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. A class of recalcitrant fifteen year olds.
refractory	(of a person, illness, or diseased tissue) not yielding to treatment. Refractory materials found in lunar samples.
tiresome	Causing one to feel bored or annoyed. Weeding is a tiresome but essential job.
troublesome	Causing difficulty or annoyance. A troublesome infection.
trying	Difficult or annoying; hard to endure. It had been a very trying day.
unmanageable	Incapable of being controlled or managed. An unmanageable situation.

Usage Examples of "Picky" as an adjective

• They are becoming increasingly picky about where they stay.

Associations of "Picky" (30 Words)

bustle	(of a place) be full of activity. All the noise and the traffic and the bustle.
busy	Keep busy with. A busy man.
complex	Make an atom or compound form a complex with another. Cross linked protein DNA complexes.
complicated	Consisting of many interconnecting parts or elements; intricate. A long and complicated saga.
confuse	Make (something) more complex or less easy to understand. These questions confuse even the experts.
detail	Provide details for. Several of the details are similar.
detailed	(of a work of art) executed with many minor decorative features. A detailed plan.
exacting	Making great demands on one’s skill, attention, or other resources. Certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements.
fastidious	Very concerned about matters of cleanliness. A fastidious and incisive intellect.
finicky	(of a person) fussy about their needs or requirements. His finicky copperplate hand.
flurry	Cause to feel embarrassment. A flurry of snow.
fluster	Be flustered behave in a confused manner. The main thing is not to get all in a fluster.
fuss	Elaborate or complex procedures; trouble or difficulty. When she cries in her sleep try not to fuss her.
fussy	Annoyed and irritable. A fussy design.
grumpy	Bad-tempered and irritable. He s grumpy because he hasn t heard from you.
haste	The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner. In his haste to leave he forgot his book.
meticulous	Marked by precise accordance with details. A meticulous craftsman.
occupied	Seized and controlled as by military invasion. Only the ground floor is fully occupied.
painstakingly	With great care and thoroughness. It is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling.
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.
priggish	Self-righteously moralistic and superior. A priggish little pedant.
prim	Assume a prim appearance. Laurie primmed up his mouth.
prissy	Fussily and excessively respectable. A middle class family with two prissy children.
prudery	Excessive or affected modesty.
prudish	Exaggeratedly proper. The prudish moral climate of the late 19th century.
puritanical	Exaggeratedly proper. His puritanical parents saw any kind of pleasure as the road to damnation.
squeamish	Easily made to feel sick or disgusted. I ve always been squeamish about bugs.
stickle	Dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points.
stickler	Someone who insists on something. A stickler for promptness.
strict	Characterized by strictness severity or restraint. A strict vegetarian.