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Synonyms and antonyms of finical in English

finical

adjective
These are words and phrases related to finical. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of finical.

QUERULOUS

Synonyms

querulous
complaining
grumbling
peevish
fretful
disagreeable
faultfinding
finicky
fussy
exacting
difficult
obstinate
dissatisfied
discontented
resentful
long-faced
sour
whining
whiny
shrewish
petulant
pettish
crabbed
grouchy
disputatious
captious
splenetic
irascible
quarrelsome
nettlesome
irritable
cross
cranky
touchy
testy
waspish

Antonyms

uncomplaining
agreeable
good-tempered
complacent
contented
satisfied
pleased
genial
cheerful
easy
calm
equable

PRUDISH

Synonyms

precise
fastidious
particular
prudish
prim
extremely proper and modest
Victorian
overmodest
priggish
puritanical
prissy
old-maidish
straitlaced
timid
shy
demure
skittish
queasy
squeamish
smug
sanctimonious
self-righteous
punctilious
pedantic
mincing
stilted
starched
stuffy

FUSSY

Synonyms

fussy
particular
hard to please
exacting
demanding
compulsive
meticulous
nitpicking
finicky
painstaking
assiduous
fastidious
squeamish
scrupulous
critical
persnickety
old-maidish
crotchety
bustling
busy
nervous
cluttered
ornate

SQUEAMISH

Synonyms

squeamish
priggish
puritanical
prudish
modest
prim
proper
easily shocked
demure
fastidious
straitlaced
coy
sanctimonious
mincing
finicky
finicking
fussy

Antonyms

bold
immodest
brazen
brash

METICULOUS

Synonyms

meticulous
fastidious
scrupulous
exact
exacting
minutely careful
solicitous about details
painstaking
precise
nice
finicky
fussy
particular
punctilious
perfectionist
conscientious

Antonyms

careless
inexact
imprecise
sloppy
negligent

PERSNICKETY

Synonyms

persnickety
fussy
particular
nitpicking
finicky
overprecise
fastidious
meticulous
pernickety
punctilious
choosy
overdemanding
fuddy-duddy
picayune

Antonyms

sloppy
careless
indifferent
haphazard

PRECIOUS

Synonyms

precious
excessively nice
dainty
affected
pretentious
overrefined
fastidious
prissy
finicky
fussy
particular
meticulous

FOPPISH

Synonyms

vain
affected
foppish
dandyish
foplike
showy
ostentatious
dandified
gaudy
ornate
overelaborate

Antonyms

unassuming
modest
unostentatious
unpretentious
unaffected
dowdy
seedy
slovenly
tacky
clownish
gauche
yokelish
rustic
provincial
hayseed
cornball
 Synonyms for finical from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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