Stickler

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who insists on something unyieldingly: a stickler for neatness.
  • n. Something puzzling or difficult.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who stickles.
  • n. One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.
  • n. One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An attendant on or a judge of a contest, as a duel; a second; hence, an arbitrator; a peacemaker.
  • n. An obstinate contender about anything, often about a thing of little consequence: as, a stickler for ceremony; an advocate; a partizan.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who insists on something
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disciplinarian    martinet    moralist   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    second    umpire    precisia   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    pickler    sickler    strickler   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    objector    existentialist   
     
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