Synonyms of nit-picking

1 Syllable

prim, nice, tough, rough

2 Syllables

primmer, dainty, fussy, blue-nose, choosy, inkhorn, choicy, picky, fussier, stickler, carping, donnish, cleanlier, captious, quibbling, schoolish

3 Syllables

finicky, spic-and-span, critical, fussbudget, finical, careful, fastidious, bluenose, cavillous, fault-finding, pedantic, exacting

4 Syllables

overmodest, persnickety, meticulous, overnice, picky-picky, exceptive

5 Syllables

hypercritical, discriminating, overfastidious, overcritical