scrupulous

(skrū'pyə-ləs)
adj.

1. Conscientious and exact; painstaking. See synonyms at meticulous.
2. Having scruples; principled.

[Middle English, from Old French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus, from scrūpulus, scruple. See scruple.]

scrupulosity scru'pu·los'i·ty (-lŏs'ĭ-tē) or scru'pu·lous·ness (-ləs-nĭs) n.
scrupulously scru'pu·lous·ly adv.

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adjective

Showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details: careful, fastidious, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious. See careful/careless.

adj

Definition: extremely careful
Antonyms: careless, negligent, slapdash, unscrupulous

IN BRIEF: Very careful.

He was scrupulous about being on time for appointments.

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For a list of words related to scrupulous, see:

• Good, Sincere, Honest, or Just
• Demanding, Critical, Calculating, or Selfish

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See words rhyming with "scrupulosity."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - meget omhyggelig, samvittighedsfuld, som har skrupler, pinlig, streng, yderste, største

Nederlands (Dutch)
nauwgezet, strikt, gewetensvol

Français (French)
adj. - scrupuleux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gewissenhaft, peinlich, unbedingt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευσυνείδητος, ηθικός, σχολαστικός

Italiano (Italian)
scrupoloso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - escrupuloso

Русский (Russian)
честный, порядочный, добросовестный, щепетильный, скрупулезный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - escrupuloso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - noga, nogräknad, samvetsöm, samvetsgrann, skrupulös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小心谨慎的, 细心的, 有顾忌的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 小心謹慎的, 細心的, 有顧忌的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 꼼꼼한, 양심적인, 신중한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 良心的な, 細心な, 用心深い, 周到な, 綿密な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كثير ألشكوك وألوسواس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בעל מצפון, איש מוסר, קפדני, דייקן‬

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