Fastidious Synonyms and Antonyms

fă-stĭdē-əs, fə-
Showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. careful
  2. scrupulous
  3. meticulous
  4. painstaking
  5. punctilious
Very difficult to please
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. squeamish
  2. exacting
  3. particular
  4. meticulous
  5. choosy
  6. dainty
  7. finical
  8. finicky
  9. fussy
  10. nice
  11. critical
  12. overnice
  13. delicate
  14. demanding
  15. difficult
  16. elegant
  17. exquisite
  18. fine
  19. persnickety
  20. picky
  21. punctilious
  22. refined
  23. sensitive
Antonyms:
  1. careless
  2. indiscriminate
  3. slovenly
  4. unfastidious
  5. uncareful
  6. indifferent
  7. uncouth
  8. undemanding
  9. uncritical
  10. indiscriminating
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Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, as in taste, propriety, or neatness:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. meticulous
Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. unfastidious

Words Related to Fastidious

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Fastidious Sentence Examples

  • Denton was fastidious about his appearance and he expected the woman at his side to mirror that image.

  • It thrives in light sandy soil, and is not fastidious, coming from sandy, gravelly places.

  • It is not fastidious as to soil or situation, but its best place is in dry soil, fully exposed.

  • I'm normally very fastidious about citing my sources on this blog.

  • California is particularly fastidious in ensuring that drivers can see the current state of a traffic light.

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