ADJECTIVE | all | conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous | characterized by extreme / extreme care and great effort |
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all | conscientious | guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong |
Sounds | kaa.nshiyeh'nshahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | Characterized by extreme / extreme care and great effort. | |
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Example | "conscientious application to the work at hand" | |
Synonyms | painstaking, scrupulous | |
Broader | careful | Exercising caution or showing care or attention |
Spanish | concienzudo, escrupuloso, esmerado, meticuloso, minucioso | |
Catalan | acurat, diligent, escrupulós, laboriós, meticulós, minuciós, primmirat | |
Nouns | conscientiousness | the trait of being painstaking and careful |
Adverbs | conscientiously | with extreme / extreme conscientiousness |
Meaning | Guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong. | |
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Example | "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice" | |
Opposite | unconscientious | not conscientious |
Spanish | concienzudo | |
Catalan | conscienciós | |
Nouns | conscience | conformity to one's own sense of right conduct |
conscience | a feeling of shame when you do something immoral | |
conscientiousness | the quality of being in accord / accord with the dictates of conscience |
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