pedantic

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

• marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

Adj

• Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.
• Tending to show off one’s knowledge, often in a tiresome manner.

Synonyms

academic, anal-retentive, donnish, fussy, nit-picky, ostentatious, pedagogical, pedantical, pretentious

Related Words

inkhorn, pedant, pedantical, pedantry