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Synonyms for Captious & Similar Words

Definition of captious

adjective
  1. tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

2 synonyms found

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What are synonyms for captious?
Synonyms for captious include: critical, faultfinding.
How many synonyms does captious have?
Captious has 2 synonyms.

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