fastidious

/fæstˈɪdiəs/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
   “a fastidious and incisive intellect”
2. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
   “fastidious microorganisms”

Synonyms for fastidious

• choosy
• dainty
• finical
• meticulous
• pernickety
• old-maidish
• exacting

Antonyms of fastidious

• unfastidious

Words that rhyme with fastidious

• hideous
• invidious