fastidious
adjective
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Sense 1 adjective
giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
a fastidious and incisive intellect
Related & opposite
- refined also see
- tidy also see
- unfastidious antonym
- fastidiousness derivation
- choosy similar to
- overnice similar to
- finical similar to
- meticulous similar to
- pernickety similar to
- old-maidish similar to
Sense 2 adjective
having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
fastidious microorganisms
Related & opposite
- unfastidious antonym
- microbiology domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | refined |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | tidy |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unfastidious |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fastidiousness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | choosy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | overnice |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | finical |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | meticulous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | pernickety |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | old-maidish |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unfastidious |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | microbiology |