pickyadjective
uk/ˈpɪk.i/us/ˈpɪk.i/informal disapprovingSomeone who is picky is very careful about choosing only what they like:
The children are such picky eaters.
Big companies can afford to be picky about who they hire.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- anally retentive
- choosy
- dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's idiom
- faddy
- fastidious
- fussbudget
- fusspot
- fussy
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- pedantic
- perfectionism
- perfectionist
- pernickety
- persnickety
- purist
- stickler
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