conscientious
Meaning of conscientious
adjective
- wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.
a conscientious man, he took his duties very seriously
- relating to a person's conscience.
the individual is denied even the opportunity to break the law on conscientious grounds
early 17th century: from French consciencieux, from medieval Latin conscientiosus, from Latin conscientia (see conscience).
Information about conscientious
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of conscientious
con-sci-en-tious
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- conscientious is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
conscientious synonyms
Meaning painstaking:
Meaning having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties:
Meaning diligent and hard-working:
Meaning showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour:
Meaning (of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence:
Meaning showing great care and perseverance:
Meaning devoted to a task or purpose:
Meaning done with or showing thought and attention:
Meaning showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise:
Meaning complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial:
Meaning assiduously attending to the comfort or wishes of others; very polite or courteous:
Meaning requiring considerable time and effort:
Meaning continuing in a course of action despite difficulty or delay in achieving success:
Meaning tireless; persistent:
Meaning thoroughly scrutinizing, especially in a disconcerting way:
Meaning (of observation, examination, etc.) done in a careful and thorough way:
Meaning a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour:
Meaning (especially of information, measurements, or predictions) correct in all details; exact:
Meaning free from error; in accordance with fact or truth:
Meaning spending a lot of time studying or reading:
Meaning extremely thorough and careful:
Meaning used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class:
Meaning treated or regarded with a devotion and scrupulousness appropriate to worship:
Meaning demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed and observed:
conscientious antonyms
Meaning relaxed and unconcerned:
Translation of conscientious
- French: consciencieux
- Spanish: concienzudo, escrupuloso, concienzuda, escrupulosa
- German: gewissenhaft
- Italian: coscienzioso, scrupoloso
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