beginner Level

Pedantic

Excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

✓ Synonyms

Punctiliousscrupulousprecisefussy

✗ Antonyms

Broadimpreciseinformal

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About "Pedantic"

Pedantic is a vocabulary word commonly tested on the SAT. Understanding this word and its synonyms (Punctilious, scrupulous) can help you answer Reading and Writing questions more accurately. The opposite meaning (antonyms) includes words like Broad and imprecise.

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