Words Like PEDANT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PEDANT.

4 Alternative Words Similar to pedant

1 Bookworm Noun      Synonym Words Like Bookworm
2 Scholastic Noun      Synonym Words Like Scholastic
3 Pedagogue Noun      Synonym Words Like Pedagogue
4 Purist Noun      Hyponym

10 definitions of pedant

1 A schoolmaster; a pedagogue.
2 One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
3 a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
4 One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules.
5 One who exhibits one's learning or scholarship ostentatiously.
6 Obsolete A schoolmaster.
7 A schoolmaster; a teacher; a pedagogue.
8 A person who overrates erudition, or lays an undue stress on exact knowledge of detail or of trifles, as compared with larger matters or with general principles; also, one who makes an undue or inappropriate display of learning.
9 A teacher or schoolmaster.
10 A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
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