anally retentiveadjective
uk/ˌeɪ.nəl.i rɪˈten.tɪv/us/ˌeɪ.nəl.i rɪˈten.t̬ɪv/also anal-retentive informalSomeone who is anally retentive is too worried about being organized and tidy:
Don't you think Adrian's a bit anally retentive? Look how obsessively orderly everything is in his garage.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- choosy
- dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's idiom
- faddy
- fastidious
- finicky
- fusspot
- fussy
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- particular
- perfectionism
- perfectionist
- pernickety
- persnickety
- pettifogging
- purist
- stickler
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