All caviler synonyms
cav·il
C c noun caviler
- nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- quibbler — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
- niggler — to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp: to niggle about the fine points of interpretation; preferring to niggle rather than take steps to correct a situation.
- carper — to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors.
- whiner — to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
- caviller — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- criticizer — to censure or find fault with.
- critic — A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art.