Antonyms of adj captious

1 sense of captious

Sense 1
captious, faultfinding -- (tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor")

INDIRECT (VIA critical) -> uncritical -- (not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors; "a devoted and almost uncritical admirer")

Similarity of adj captious

1 sense of captious

Sense 1
captious, faultfinding -- (tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor")
       => critical (vs. uncritical) -- (marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude")

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