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Synonyms for pedantic
adj bookish, preciseAntonyms for pedantic
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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affected
adjective. changed in a bad or artificial way
- apish
- artificial
- assumed
- awkward
- campy
- chichi
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
- counterfeited
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fraud
- gone Hollywood
- ham
- hammy
- high falutin'
- hollow
- imitated
- insincere
- melodramatic
- ostentatious
- overdone
- pedantic
- phony
- playacting
- pompous
- precious
- pretended
- pretentious
- put-on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- shallow
- sham
- simulated
- spurious
- stiff
- stilted
- studied
- superficial
- theatrical
- unnatural
bookish
adjective. scholarly
didactic
adjective. educational
didactical
adjective. instructive
la-di-da
adjective. affected
- apish
- artificial
- assumed
- awkward
- campy
- chichi
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
- counterfeited
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fraud
- gone Hollywood
- ham
- hammy
- high falutin'
- hollow
- imitated
- insincere
- mannered
- melodramatic
- ostentatious
- overdone
- pedantic
- phony
- playacting
- pompous
- precious
- pretended
- pretentious
- put-on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- shallow
- sham
- simulated
- spurious
- stiff
- stilted
- studied
- superficial
- theatrical
- unnatural
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.