stickler

stick·ler

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [stik-ler]
- /ˈstɪk lər/
- /ˈstɪk.lər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stik-ler]
- /ˈstɪk lər/

Definitions of stickler word

noun stickler a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony. 1
noun stickler any puzzling or difficult problem. 1
noun stickler person who insists on sth 1
countable noun stickler If you are a stickler for something, you always demand or require it. 0
noun stickler a person who makes insistent demands 0
noun stickler a problem or puzzle 0

See all 8 definitions of stickler

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Origin of stickler

First appearance:

before 1530

One of the 29% oldest English words

First recorded in 1530-40; stickle + -er1

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Parts of speech for Stickler

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Stickler

stickler popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for stickler

noun stickler

abstruseness — hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
bigot — If you describe someone as a bigot, you mean that they are bigoted.
brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
closed book — something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood

adj stickler

by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
conscionable — acceptable to one's conscience
fussbudget — a fussy or needlessly fault-finding person.
hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.

adjective stickler

choicy — Fastidious; choosy; discriminating.

All 26 Synonyms of stickler