sticklernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstɪk.lər/us/ˈstɪk.lɚ/informala person who thinks that a particular type of behaviour is very important, and always follows it or tries to make other people follow it:
He's a stickler for detail/accuracy/efficiency.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- anally retentive
- choosy
- dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's idiom
- faddy
- fastidious
- fussbudget
- fusspot
- fussy
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- pedantic
- perfectionism
- perfectionist
- pernickety
- persnickety
- punctilious
- purist
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