The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CAPTIOUS , but the solution may also be PEDANTIC which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Universal uClick).
Nit-picking crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CAPTIOUS | 33 % | 8 |
| PEDANTIC | 33 % | 8 |
| PETTY | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nit-picking
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- thorough
- detailed
- exhaustive
- nitpicking
- nitpick
- nitpicky
- nitpicker
- split hairs
- minutiae
- petty criticism
- cherry picking
- pedantic
Crossword Answer definitions
CAPTIOUS adjective- That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
- Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CAPTIOUS
More clues leading to the result PEDANTIC
- Hung up on minor academic details
- Ostentatious, academically
- Doctrinaire
- Pretentious in one's teaching
- Ostentatious of learning.
- Overscholarly.
- Narrow-minded.
- Pretentiously learned.
- Schoolmasterish.
- Narrow-minded, as a teacher