All fastidious synonyms
fas·tid·i·ous
F f adj fastidious
- meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- choosy — Someone who is choosy is difficult to please because they will only accept something if it is exactly what they want or if it is of very high quality.
- discriminating — to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy.
- squeamish — fastidious or dainty.
- finicky — excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy.
- fussy — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- dainty — If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty.
- demanding — A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
- difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- hypercritical — excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical.
- nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- picky — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- punctilious — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- queasy — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- finical — finicky.
- fussbudget — a fussy or needlessly fault-finding person.
- nit-picky — tending to raise petty objections; pernickety
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overnice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
adjective fastidious
- careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- painstaking — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- exacting — Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.
- precise — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- exact — Not approximated in any way; precise.
- thorough — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
- assiduous — Someone who is assiduous works hard or does things very thoroughly.
- faddy — Having characteristics of a fad.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- refined — having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people.