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