Synonyms for Nit-picking:

• adj.

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

• n.

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

• v.

  •criticize (verb)
  • rap,
  • reprobate,
  • blister,
  • Denunciate,
  • reprehend,
  • lambaste,
  • trash,
  • do a number on,
  • pick at,
  • nit-pick,
  • cut up,
  • skin,
  • dress down,
  • Fustigate,
  • zap,
  • chide,
  • give bad press,
  • come down on,
  • rip,
  • slog,
  • reprimand,
  • blame,
  • fulminate against,
  • fluff,
  • castigate,
  • jump on,
  • clobber,
  • find fault,
  • disparage,
  • cut down,
  • trim,
  • skin alive,
  • carp,
  • scathe,
  • nag at,
  • excoriate,
  • cut to bits,
  • animadvert on,
  • reprove,
  • condemn,
  • slug,
  • take down,
  • chastise,
  • scorch,
  • denounce,
  • bash.
  •distress (verb)
  • pick on,
  • get to,
  • be on one's case,
  • give a hard time,
  • get.
  •pettifog (verb)
  • nitpick,
  • pick to pieces,
  • niggle.
  •quibble (verb)
  • pettifog,
  • criticize,
  • hem and haw,
  • fence,
  • have at it,
  • blow hot and cold,
  • flip-flop,
  • hassle,
  • chicane,
  • waffle,
  • spar,
  • make a big thing about,
  • equivocate,
  • evade,
  • bicker,
  • hypercriticize,
  • split hairs,
  • wrangle,
  • squabble,
  • prevaricate,
  • talk back,
  • catch at straws,
  • argue over,
  • Paralogize,
  • set to,
  • argufy,
  • altercate,
  • pretend,
  • shift,
  • dispute,
  • avoid,
  • put up an argument.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • doctrinaire,
  • faultfinding,
  • finical,
  • grumbling,
  • irritable,
  • overnice,
  • prudish,
  • scathing,
  • stern,
  • unsparing,
  • hair-splitting,
  • captious,
  • carping,
  • conscionable,
  • critical,
  • donnish,
  • exacting,
  • finicky,
  • formalistic,
  • fussy,
  • hard-to-please,
  • hypercritical,
  • overmodest,
  • particular,
  • pedantic,
  • prim,
  • quibbling,
  • spic-and-span,
  • uncluttered,
  • Bluenose,
  • Cavillous,
  • Exceptive,
  • Finicking,
  • Inkhorn,
  • Pedantical,
  • Stickling,
  • grousing,
  • fussbudget,
  • over-nice,
  • kvetching,
  • blue-nose,
  • by the book,
  • choicy,
  • over-modest,
  • overfastidious,
  • picky-picky,
  • schoolish,
  • spic and span.
  •n.
  • criticism.
  •Other relevant words:
  • afflict,
  • aggrieve,
  • agonize,
  • ail,
  • bother,
  • break,
  • bug,
  • burn up,
  • depress,
  • desolate,
  • discombobulate,
  • disquiet,
  • disturb,
  • dog,
  • eat,
  • grieve,
  • harass,
  • harry,
  • hound,
  • hurt,
  • injure,
  • irk,
  • irritate,
  • miff,
  • nag,
  • needle,
  • oppress,
  • pain,
  • peeve,
  • perplex,
  • pester,
  • plague,
  • push,
  • rack,
  • sadden,
  • strain,
  • strap,
  • stress,
  • tick off,
  • torment,
  • torture,
  • trouble,
  • try,
  • vex,
  • weigh,
  • wound,
  • make it tough for,
  • push buttons.

Antonyms for Nit-picking:

• adj.

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

• n.

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

• v.

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