| Main Entry: | stickler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perfectionist |
Synonyms: |
disciplinarian, enforcer, fanatic, nitpicker, taskmaster |
| Main Entry: | stickler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle |
Synonyms: |
enigma, mystery, paradox, riddle, stumper, teaser, twister |
| Main Entry: | stickler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insistent person |
Synonyms: |
contender, fanatic, haggler, higgler, zealot |
| Main Entry: | bigot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intolerant, prejudiced person |
Synonyms: |
chauvinist, diehard, doctrinaire, dogmatist, enthusiast, extremist, fanatic, fiend, maniac, monomaniac, opinionated person, partisan, persecutor, puritan, racist, sectarian, segregationist, sexist, stickler, superpatriot, zealot |
Antonyms: |
humanitarian, liberal, tolerator |
| Main Entry: | disciplinarian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who makes others work hard |
Synonyms: |
authoritarian, bully, despot, drill sergeant, enforcer, formalist, master, sergeant, stickler, strict teacher, sundowner, teacher, trainer, tyrant |
| Main Entry: | enigma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mystery |
Synonyms: |
Gordian knot, bewilderment, cliffhanger, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, grabber, knot*, mind-boggler, mind-twister, mystification, parable, perplexity, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, puzzler, question, question mark, riddle, secret, sixty-four dollar question, sphinx, sticker, stickler, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack, twister, why* |
| Main Entry: | martinet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disciplinarian |
Synonyms: |
authoritarian, bully, despot, drill sergeant, drillmaster, enforcer, hard master, slavedriver, stickler, taskmaster, tyrant |
| Main Entry: | mystery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle, secret |
Synonyms: |
abstruseness, brainteaser, braintwister, charade, chiller, cliffhanger, closed book, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, difficulty, enigma, grabber, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mindboggler, mystification, occult, oracle, perplexity, poser, problem, puzzlement, question, rebus, riddle, rune, secrecy, sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, sphinx, stickler, stumper, subtlety, teaser, thriller, tough nut to crack, twister, whodunit, why* |
Antonyms: |
known, understanding |
| Main Entry: | painstaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meticulous, thorough |
Synonyms: |
assiduous, by the book, by the numbers, careful, conscientious, conscionable, diligent, earnest, exact, exacting, finicky, fussbudget, fussy, hard-working, heedful, industrious, particular, persevering, persnickety*, picky, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, sedulous, stickler, strenuous, thoroughgoing |
Antonyms: |
careless, easy, half-baked, half-done, thoughtless, unmindful, unthorough |
| Main Entry: | particular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | finicky, demanding |
Synonyms: |
careful, choicy, choosy, critical, dainty, discriminating, exacting, fastidious, finical, fussbudget, fussy, hard to please, meticulous, nice, nit-picking, persnickety*, picky*, rough, stickler, tough |
Antonyms: |
indifferent, nonchalant, undemanding, undiscriminating |