Caviler

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who cavils; one who is apt to raise captious objections; a carping disputant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who cavils.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
  • Word Usage
    "To make caviler statements about whether something is possible or not with absolutely no knowledge of the subject is simply mind boggling."
    Equivalent
    caviller  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract