Words Like PEDANT
We have put together a list of words that are similar to PEDANT.
4 Alternative Words Similar to pedant
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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.
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One who exhibits one's learning or scholarship ostentatiously.
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Obsolete A schoolmaster.
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A schoolmaster; a teacher; a pedagogue.
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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.
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A teacher or schoolmaster.
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A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.