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Antonyms for nit-picker
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nit-pik-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɪtˌpɪk ər |
Definition of nit-picker
Origin :- "pedantic critic," 1951; see nit (n.) + pick (v.).
- As in perfectionist : noun stickler
- As in quibble : noun objection, complaint
- As in niggler : noun critic
- As in nitpicker : noun critic
- As in quibbler : noun critic
- As in critic : noun faultfinder, detractor
Synonyms for nit-picker
- aristarch
- artifice
- attacker
- backseat driver
- belittler
- blamer
- carper
- cavil
- caviler
- censor
- censurer
- complainant
- complainer
- criticism
- criticizer
- defamer
- disapprover
- disparager
- disputer
- dodge
- doubter
- duplicity
- equivocation
- evasion
- faultfinder
- formalist
- fretter
- fussbudget
- fusspot
- hair-splitter
- hypercritic
- idealist
- maligner
- muckraker
- mud-slinger
- nagger
- nicety
- niggle
- niggler
- nit-picker
- nitpicker
- panner
- pretense
- prevarication
- protest
- purist
- quibbler
- quiddity
- quirk
- reviler
- scolder
- shift
- sidewalk superintendent
- slanderer
- sophism
- subterfuge
- subtlety
- vilifier
- worrier
- zapper
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