Synonyms for conscientious
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Scrupulous — thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking
scrupulous, punctilious, strict, meticulous, careful, honest, just, honorable US, honourable UK, righteous, religious, painstaking, fastidious, fair, demanding, finicky informal, particular, upright, minute, exact, thorough, rigorous, exacting
Definitions
- adj. 1
Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
Related words
- Word family
- conscientiously conscientiousness conscience
- Phrases
- conscientious objector
Example sentences
- strict Algeria has to relax its strict economic policies.
- meticulous Sami Bakir has been a meticulous investigator.
- scrupulous Tom is scrupulous in matters of business.
- punctilious My grandmother was punctilious about table manners.
- faithful The president remained faithful to his principles.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| conscientious | falling | |
| strict | steady | |
| meticulous | steady | |
| scrupulous | steady | |
| punctilious | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- just1, fair1
- 5 letters
- exact2
- 6 letters
- minute2, honest2, strict1
- 7 letters
- careful2, upright2, finicky3
- 8 letters
- faithful2, thorough2, rigorous3, exacting3
- 9 letters
- religious3, demanding3, honorable4, righteous2
- 10 letters
- particular4, honourable4, meticulous4, scrupulous3, fastidious4
- 11 letters
- painstaking3, punctilious4
- 13 letters
- incorruptible
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exact2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- consciencieux
- Italiano
- coscienzioso
- Català
- conscienciós