FASTIDIOUS as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • giving and careful attention to detail
   • hard to please
   • excessively concerned with cleanliness
   Usage Example(s)
   • a fastidious and incisive intellect
   • fastidious about personal cleanliness
   Antonym(s)
   • unfastidious (what does unfastidious mean?)
   Similar To
   • choosy (what does choosy mean?)
   • choosey (what does choosey mean?)
   • dainty (what does dainty mean?)
   • nice (what does nice mean?)
   • overnice (what does overnice mean?)
   • prissy (what does prissy mean?)
   • squeamish (what does squeamish mean?)
   • finical (what does finical mean?)
   • finicky (what does finicky mean?)
   • fussy (what does fussy mean?)
   • particular (what does particular mean?)
   • old-maidish (what does old-maidish mean?)
   • old-womanish (what does old-womanish mean?)
   • meticulous (what does meticulous mean?)
   • picky (what does picky mean?)
   • pernickety (what does pernickety mean?)
   • persnickety (what does persnickety mean?)
   See Also
   • refined (what does refined mean?)
   • tidy (what does tidy mean?)
2. Meaning
   • having complicated nutritional requirements
   • especially growing only in special artificial cultures
   Synonym(s)
   • exacting (what does exacting mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • fastidious microorganisms
   • certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements
   Antonym(s)
   • unfastidious (what does unfastidious mean?)