meticulous, scrupulous

meticulous, scrupulous
These words are often used interchangeably but should not be. Meticulous means "unusually careful about small details," "exact," "precise," "finicky": "She spends hours working with her hair because she is meticulous about her appearance." "A watchmaker has to be meticulous in his work." Scrupulous means "conscientious," "principled," "showing regard for what is considered right": "This person has a scrupulous regard for the dignity of others."

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  • scrupulous — See meticulous. See meticulous, scrupulous …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • meticulous — See meticulous, scrupulous …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • scrupulous — I adjective aboveboard, accuratus, admirable, careful, choosy, diligens, discriminating, discriminative, equitable, ethical, fair, forthright, honest, honorable, laudable, legitimate, moral, noble, principled, reliable, religiosus, reputable,… …   Law dictionary

  • scrupulous — 1 meticulous, punctilious, punctual, *careful Analogous words: fastidious, particular, finicky, fussy (see NICE): exact, accurate, precise (see CORRECT) Antonyms: remiss 2 conscientious, *upright, honest, just, honorable Analogous words: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • scrupulous — [adj] extremely careful conscientious, conscionable, critical, exact, fastidious, fussy, heedful, honest, honorable, just, meticulous, minute, moral, nice, painstaking, particular, precise, principled, punctilious, punctual, right, rigorous,… …   New thesaurus

  • meticulous — I adjective alert, assiduous, attentive, careful, circumspect, clean, conscientious, considered, correct, diligens, diligent, exact, exacting, faithful, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, gingerly, heedful, industrious, mindful,… …   Law dictionary

  • meticulous — *careful, scrupulous, punctilious, punctual Analogous words: fastidious, finicky, particular, fussy, pernickety, *nice: accurate, exact, precise, *correct …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • meticulous — [adj] detailed, perfectionist accurate, cautious, conscientious, conscionable, crossing the t’s*, dotting the i’s*, exact, fastidious, fussy, heedful, microscopic, nitpicking*, painstaking, particular, persnickety*, picky, precise, punctilious,… …   New thesaurus

  • meticulous — [mə tik′yo͞o ləs, mə tik′yələs] adj. [L meticulosus, fearful < metus, fear] extremely or excessively careful about details; scrupulous or finicky SYN. CAREFUL meticulously adv. meticulousness n. meticulosity [mə tik′yo͞oläs′ə tē, mə… …   English World dictionary

  • scrupulous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. exact, careful; fastidious, meticulous, punctilious; conscientious; upright, moral. See probity. Ant., careless, sloppy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Exact] Syn. punctilious, strict, conscientious;… …   English dictionary for students

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