All pedantic synonyms
pe·dan·tic
P p adjective pedantic
- homiletical — Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
- lecturelike — Resembling a lecture or some aspect of one.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- acroamatic — relating to oral communication
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- moralising — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- exhortative — (comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- fussy — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- hypercritical — excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical.
adj pedantic
- hammy — characteristic of a person who overacts.
- campy — Campy means the same as camp.
- ideational — of, relating to, or involving ideas or concepts.
- cardboard — Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models.
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- moralizing — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- didactic — Something that is didactic is intended to teach people something, especially a moral lesson.
- didactical — intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
- la-di-da — affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.
- inkhorn — a small container of horn or other material, formerly used to hold writing ink.
- learned — having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
- hamer — Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- bookish — Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- collegiate — Collegiate means belonging or relating to a college or to college students.
- ideological — of or relating to ideology.
- formalistic — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- hortative — hortatory.
- donnish — resembling or characteristic of a university don; bookish; pedantic.
- in the know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.