Synonyms for Nit picking:

• adj.

  •captious (adjective)
  • contrary,
  • censorious,
  • nagging,
  • sarcastic,
  • disparaging,
  • severe,
  • irritable,
  • caviling,
  • overcritical,
  • nit-picking,
  • petulant,
  • peevish,
  • Exceptive,
  • finicky,
  • testy,
  • demanding,
  • Fault-finding,
  • crabby,
  • acrimonious,
  • perverse,
  • carping,
  • Cavillous,
  • touchy,
  • deprecating,
  • exacting,
  • cross,
  • hypercritical,
  • cantankerous.
  •carping (adjective)
  • grumbling,
  • Griping,
  • moaning,
  • critical,
  • grousing,
  • quibbling,
  • scathing,
  • grouchy,
  • criticizing,
  • deprecatory,
  • kvetching,
  • whining,
  • niggling,
  • bellyaching.
  •critical (adjective)
  • choleric,
  • scolding,
  • hairsplitting,
  • critic,
  • fussy,
  • lowering,
  • captious,
  • derogatory,
  • diagnostic,
  • trenchant,
  • penetrating,
  • cutting,
  • reproachful,
  • particular,
  • satirical,
  • calumniatory,
  • sharp,
  • analytical,
  • cynical,
  • disapproving,
  • demeaning,
  • Censuring,
  • discerning,
  • belittling,
  • humbling,
  • discriminating,
  • biting,
  • withering,
  • condemning.
  •exacting (adjective)
  • grievous,
  • rigorous,
  • oppressive,
  • harsh,
  • painstaking,
  • trying,
  • picky,
  • tough,
  • exigent,
  • difficult,
  • persnickety,
  • taxing,
  • strict,
  • burdensome,
  • hard,
  • onerous,
  • imperious,
  • stern,
  • precise,
  • unsparing,
  • by the book,
  • stringent,
  • weighty,
  • rigid,
  • careful.
  •fault-finding (adjective)
  • hard to please,
  • pettifogging.
  •finicky (adjective)
  • fastidious,
  • nice,
  • Finicking,
  • overnice,
  • Stickling,
  • choosy,
  • scrupulous,
  • squeamish,
  • finical,
  • fussbudget,
  • dainty.
  •fussy (adjective)
  • exact,
  • fuddy-duddy,
  • querulous,
  • heedful,
  • overfastidious,
  • conscientious,
  • punctilious,
  • punctual,
  • fretful,
  • picky-picky,
  • conscionable.
  •hard-to-please (adjective)
  • Scrutinizing,
  • detailed.
  •hypercritical (adjective)
  • hair-splitting.
  •inkhorn (adjective)
  • Pedantical,
  • bookish,
  • formalistic,
  • literary.
  •particular (adjective)
  • choicy,
  • meticulous,
  • rough,
  • stickler.
  •pedantic (adjective)
  • didactic,
  • dull,
  • dry,
  • ostentatious,
  • academic,
  • sententious,
  • schoolish,
  • pompous,
  • erudite,
  • priggish,
  • donnish,
  • abstruse,
  • egotistic,
  • scholastic,
  • arid,
  • pedagogic,
  • learned,
  • formal,
  • doctrinaire,
  • stilted.
  •pedantical (adjective)
  • Inkhorn.
  •prim (adjective)
  • dapper,
  • demure,
  • well-groomed,
  • polite,
  • ceremonious,
  • uncluttered,
  • prissy,
  • conventional,
  • proper,
  • orderly,
  • blue-nose,
  • stuffy,
  • good,
  • strait-laced,
  • decorous,
  • stiff,
  • straight,
  • puritanical,
  • goody-goody,
  • prudish,
  • spic-and-span,
  • correct,
  • upright,
  • tidy,
  • ceremonial,
  • victorian,
  • genteel,
  • wooden,
  • cleanly,
  • spruce,
  • shipshape,
  • overmodest.
  •quibbling (adjective)
  • complaining.

• n.

  •criticism (noun)
  • cut,
  • cavil,
  • Bronx Cheer,
  • slap on wrist,
  • aspersion,
  • bad press,
  • slap,
  • faultfinding,
  • HIT,
  • critical remarks,
  • objection,
  • animadversion,
  • zapper,
  • censure,
  • quibble,
  • roast,
  • vitriol,
  • Panning,
  • brickbats,
  • disparagement,
  • reproof,
  • slam,
  • flak,
  • static,
  • put down,
  • stricture,
  • swipe,
  • blast,
  • pan,
  • rap on knuckles,
  • knock,
  • denunciation,
  • opprobrium,
  • call down.

• v.

  •criticize (verb)
  • condemn,
  • chide,
  • blame,
  • pick at,
  • reprimand,
  • bash,
  • denounce,
  • rip,
  • cut to bits,
  • excoriate,
  • give bad press,
  • come down on,
  • carp,
  • rap,
  • animadvert on,
  • scathe,
  • reprehend,
  • castigate,
  • disparage,
  • nit-pick,
  • fluff,
  • clobber,
  • nag at,
  • reprove,
  • jump on,
  • do a number on,
  • Denunciate,
  • trim,
  • cut up,
  • zap,
  • trash,
  • slog,
  • blister,
  • Fustigate,
  • slug,
  • reprobate,
  • dress down,
  • cut down,
  • lambaste,
  • skin alive,
  • chastise,
  • take down,
  • fulminate against,
  • skin,
  • scorch,
  • find fault.
  •distress (verb)
  • desolate,
  • vex,
  • burn up,
  • agonize,
  • grieve,
  • plague,
  • pick on,
  • injure,
  • pester,
  • hound,
  • push,
  • strap,
  • irk,
  • rack,
  • try,
  • get to,
  • nag,
  • discombobulate,
  • sadden,
  • strain,
  • be on one's case,
  • torment,
  • pain,
  • hurt,
  • bug,
  • aggrieve,
  • harry,
  • oppress,
  • trouble,
  • push buttons,
  • break,
  • tick off,
  • peeve,
  • disquiet,
  • needle,
  • bother,
  • stress,
  • weigh,
  • perplex,
  • ail,
  • torture,
  • disturb,
  • make it tough for,
  • afflict,
  • dog,
  • miff,
  • harass,
  • get,
  • depress,
  • give a hard time,
  • irritate,
  • eat,
  • wound.
  •pettifog (verb)
  • nitpick,
  • pick to pieces,
  • niggle.
  •quibble (verb)
  • criticize,
  • equivocate,
  • set to,
  • pettifog,
  • argufy,
  • argue over,
  • pretend,
  • bicker,
  • prevaricate,
  • hassle,
  • split hairs,
  • talk back,
  • fence,
  • put up an argument,
  • dispute,
  • Paralogize,
  • hypercriticize,
  • spar,
  • flip-flop,
  • shift,
  • waffle,
  • chicane,
  • catch at straws,
  • blow hot and cold,
  • altercate,
  • have at it,
  • evade,
  • make a big thing about,
  • avoid,
  • wrangle,
  • squabble,
  • hem and haw.

Antonyms for Nit picking:

• adj.

  • captious
    encouraging, complimentary, flattering, Commendatory, praising, laudatory.
  • carping
    forgiving.
  • critical
    uncritical, unimportant, trivial.
  • exacting
    giving, mild, inaccurate, careless, tolerant, lending, lenient, flexible, soft, easy, yielding, loose, inexact, easy-going.
  • finicky
    undemanding, unfussy, open.
  • fussy
    unscrupulous.
  • particular
    indefinite, indifferent, common, undiscriminating, nonchalant, imprecise, usual, general, ordinary.
  • pedantic
    plain, simple, informal.
  • prim
    untidy, rumpled.

• n.

  • criticism
    supposition, approval, guess, flattery, praise, estimation, sanction, compliment.

• v.

  • criticize
    exonerate, flatter, approve, lose, forgive, estimate, suppose, commend, laud.
  • distress
    calm, build, help, mend, discourage, neglect, heal, assuage, hide, be happy, make happy, ignore, soothe, fix, placate, cure, support, cheer, aid, leave alone, assist, relieve, please, delight, dissuade, comfort, gladden, appease.
  • pettifog
    give in.
  • quibble
    tell truth, face, meet, agree, concur.