564 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pˈe͡ɪnste͡ɪkɪŋ], [ pˈe‍ɪnste‍ɪkɪŋ], [ p_ˈeɪ_n_s_t_eɪ_k_ɪ_ŋ]

Similar words for painstaking:

• attentive (adjective)
• businesslike (adjective)
• conscientious (adjective)
• diligent (adjective)
• elaborate (adjective)
• exacting (adjective)
• fussy (adjective)
• hardworking (adjective)
• indefatigable (adjective)
• methodic (adjective)
• methodical (adjective)
• methodical/methodic (adjective)
• meticulous (adjective)
• meticulous, thorough (adjective)
• minute (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• particular (adjective)
• punctilious (adjective)
• punctual (adjective)
• thorough (adjective)
• thorough/thoroughgoing (adjective)
• careful (noun)
• fastidiousness (noun)
• meticulousness (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words
• thorough
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for painstaking

Synonyms for Painstaking:

• adj.

  • attentive (adjective)
  • sedulous.
  • businesslike (adjective)
  • well-ordered,
  • matter-of-fact,
  • disciplined,
  • matter of fact,
  • workaday.
  • conscientious (adjective)
  • minding p's q's,
  • re-liablest,
  • heart soul into,
  • re-liabler,
  • re liable,
  • ex act,
  • re liabler,
  • minding ps qs,
  • hanging in,
  • walking eggs,
  • faithful,
  • heart and soul in to,
  • minding p and q,
  • minding p q,
  • ex-act,
  • re liablest,
  • re-liable,
  • minding ps and qs,
  • heart soul in to.
  • diligent (adjective)
  • most persisting,
  • Operose,
  • persistent,
  • more diligent,
  • more persisting,
  • un-tiring,
  • most plugging,
  • un relenting,
  • un-flagging,
  • grindest,
  • more plugging,
  • un tiring,
  • un-relenting,
  • un flagging,
  • steadfast.
  • elaborate (adjective)
  • most many faceted,
  • with bells whistles,
  • more decorated,
  • with options,
  • with all options,
  • more many faceted,
  • manyfaceted,
  • most decorated,
  • more garnished,
  • most manyfaceted,
  • over-worked,
  • with the options,
  • over worked,
  • more embellished,
  • many faceted,
  • more many-faceted,
  • embellished,
  • more luxurious,
  • over done,
  • ex tensive,
  • with the extras,
  • over-done,
  • most embellished,
  • with bells and whistles,
  • most garnished,
  • de-tailed,
  • more ornamented,
  • more manyfaceted,
  • with extras,
  • more elaborate,
  • de tailed,
  • most ornamented,
  • with all extras,
  • most many-faceted,
  • re fined.
  • exacting (adjective)
  • more nit picking,
  • most nit-picking,
  • ex acting,
  • un sparing,
  • more nit-picking,
  • most nit picking,
  • hyper critical,
  • hyper-critical,
  • ex-acting,
  • by book,
  • un-sparing,
  • stern,
  • nit picking,
  • unsparing.
  • fussy (adjective)
  • most conscionable,
  • over-fastidious,
  • more fuddy duddy,
  • most fuddy-duddy,
  • more stickling,
  • pickypicky,
  • most pickypicky,
  • more fuddyduddy,
  • more fuddy-duddy,
  • more picky picky,
  • more picky-picky,
  • most picky-picky,
  • most fuddyduddy,
  • most overfastidious,
  • over fastidious,
  • fuddyduddy,
  • most stickling,
  • more pickypicky,
  • picky picky,
  • fuddy duddy,
  • hard please,
  • more overfastidious,
  • more conscionable,
  • most fuddy duddy,
  • dis-criminating,
  • dis criminating,
  • most picky picky,
  • finical.
  • hardworking (adjective)
  • laborious.
  • indefatigable (adjective)
  • un remitting,
  • nose grindstone,
  • un-wearied,
  • in exhaustible,
  • hell-bent,
  • un wavering,
  • un faltering,
  • most unwearying,
  • hell bent,
  • un-faltering,
  • in-exhaustible,
  • un-wavering,
  • un wearying,
  • bound determined,
  • un flinching,
  • un wearied,
  • un-wearying,
  • stop nothing,
  • more unwearying,
  • un-remitting,
  • stop at nothing,
  • un-flinching.
  • methodic (adjective)
  • meth odic,
  • meth-odic.
  • methodical (adjective)
  • Systematical,
  • grooved,
  • Methodic,
  • most grooved,
  • more grooved.
  • methodical/methodic (adjective)
  • more setup,
  • most structured,
  • most well-regulated,
  • more well regulated,
  • most well regulated,
  • in groove,
  • more structured,
  • more well-regulated,
  • more methodic,
  • more set-up,
  • well regulated,
  • most set-up,
  • most wellregulated,
  • most set up,
  • more methodized,
  • de liberate,
  • more set up,
  • more wellregulated,
  • de-liberate,
  • most methodized,
  • wellregulated,
  • most methodic,
  • most setup.
  • meticulous (adjective)
  • dotting i,
  • crossing the t,
  • crossing ts,
  • dotting is,
  • crossing t's,
  • dotting the i,
  • crossing t,
  • dotting i's,
  • dotting the is,
  • crossing the ts.
  • meticulous, thorough (adjective)
  • strenuous,
  • persevering,
  • stickler,
  • persnickety,
  • hard-working,
  • by the numbers,
  • heedful,
  • fussbudget,
  • industrious,
  • picky,
  • finicky,
  • punctual,
  • earnest.
  • minute (adjective)
  • most clocklike,
  • more particularized,
  • most particularized,
  • more clocklike.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • all the way,
  • methodical,
  • Clocklike,
  • punctilious,
  • in depth,
  • cut and dried,
  • unwearying,
  • dead set on,
  • all-embracing,
  • highly wrought,
  • heart and soul into,
  • scrupulous,
  • exacting,
  • thinking twice,
  • by the book,
  • many-faceted,
  • minute,
  • formalistic,
  • set-up,
  • walking on eggs,
  • conscientious,
  • conscionable,
  • Stickling,
  • whole-hog,
  • fussy,
  • high tech,
  • crossing the t's,
  • Overscrupulous,
  • well-regulated,
  • slam bang,
  • picky-picky,
  • nit-picking,
  • overfastidious,
  • structured,
  • blow by blow,
  • with all the extras,
  • diligent,
  • all together,
  • particular,
  • businesslike,
  • grinder,
  • overconscientious,
  • by numbers,
  • in a groove,
  • over-scrupulous,
  • elaborate,
  • minding p's and q's,
  • INDEPTH,
  • soup to nuts,
  • out and out,
  • with all the options,
  • hard to please,
  • dotting the i's,
  • hellbent,
  • nose to grindstone,
  • meticulous.
  • particular (adjective)
  • in dividual,
  • ex-press,
  • in-dividual,
  • ex press.
  • punctilious (adjective)
  • most overconscientious,
  • more overconscientious,
  • most formalistic,
  • over conscientious,
  • more formalistic,
  • over scrupulous,
  • good eye,
  • most overscrupulous,
  • over-conscientious,
  • more overscrupulous.
  • punctual (adjective)
  • on button,
  • in good time,
  • on schedule,
  • on dot,
  • on the dot,
  • re current,
  • re-current,
  • under wire,
  • on the button.
  • thorough (adjective)
  • pro founder,
  • in-grained,
  • pro found,
  • pro-found,
  • most thoroughly,
  • pro-founder,
  • un mitigated,
  • un-mitigated,
  • more thoroughly.
  • thorough/thoroughgoing (adjective)
  • more all-embracing,
  • most whole hog,
  • soup nuts,
  • more thoroughgoing,
  • allout,
  • more slambang,
  • most thorough,
  • more slam-bang,
  • from z,
  • more whole hog,
  • all out,
  • allembracing,
  • from to z,
  • most wholehog,
  • more slam bang,
  • more thorough,
  • more wholehog,
  • wholehog,
  • most whole-hog,
  • all embracing,
  • most slam bang,
  • most all embracing,
  • allinclusive,
  • most slambang,
  • more whole-hog,
  • in tensive,
  • in-tensive,
  • most slam-bang,
  • slambang,
  • most all-embracing,
  • more all embracing,
  • all way,
  • fulldress,
  • most allembracing,
  • Slam-bang,
  • from a z,
  • all inclusive.

• n.

  •
  • as if your life depends on it,
  • hard,
  • by the sweat of your brow,
  • flat out.
  • careful (noun)
  • careful.
  • fastidiousness (noun)
  • fussiness.
  • meticulousness (noun)
  • TLCS,
  • tender loving cares.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • scrupulousness,
  • fastidiousness,
  • meticulousness,
  • thoroughness,
  • tender loving care.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • provident,
  • assiduous,
  • all-out,
  • discreet,
  • white-glove,
  • organized,
  • gallant,
  • studious,
  • cautious,
  • systematic,
  • tactful,
  • punctiliousness,
  • last-ditch,
  • FULL BORE,
  • risk-averse,
  • concerted,
  • monumental.
  •
  • judicial,
  • carefulness,
  • fastidious,
  • rigorous,
  • depend on,
  • selective,
  • thorough,
  • thoroughgoing,
  • deliberation.
  •
  • neat,
  • precise,
  • delicacy.
  •
  • exact.
  •
  • serious.
  •
  • care,
  • pain.
  •
  • close.
  • Other relevant words:
  • rearguard action,
  • in a bid,
  • self-made.
  • thorough
  • good.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • nice,
  • scientific,
  • flinty,
  • pernickety,
  • constant,
  • iron-handed,
  • assiduousness,
  • dictatorial,
  • exactly,
  • goodly,
  • fuddy-duddy,
  • entirely,
  • involved,
  • collected,
  • item-by-item,
  • unremitting,
  • loving,
  • inhuman,
  • cruel,
  • zeal,
  • dainty,
  • unfeeling,
  • Indefatigation,
  • totally,
  • laboriousness,
  • rigid,
  • oppressive,
  • delicate,
  • peculiarly,
  • unbending,
  • cool,
  • obdurate,
  • employment,
  • ordered,
  • task,
  • hardworking,
  • intent,
  • eagerness,
  • savage,
  • relentless,
  • intense,
  • exigent,
  • austere,
  • perfectionist,
  • rightly,
  • harsh,
  • eagerly,
  • correctly,
  • attention,
  • cordially,
  • despotic,
  • drudge,
  • painstakingly,
  • blow-by-blow,
  • application,
  • really,
  • sedulousness,
  • focused,
  • complex,
  • precisely,
  • perfected,
  • pitiless,
  • thoughtful,
  • unswerving,
  • tax,
  • filmy,
  • unqualified,
  • toiler,
  • sweat,
  • Thoroughpaced,
  • principled,
  • heartily,
  • squeamish,
  • energetic,
  • curiosity,
  • dutifully,
  • justly,
  • comprehensive,
  • industriously,
  • indefatigable,
  • unsympathetic,
  • brutal,
  • studiousness,
  • business,
  • unrelenting,
  • accurately,
  • punitive,
  • industry,
  • unwavering,
  • Stony-hearted,
  • stony,
  • concentrated,
  • alertness,
  • diligence,
  • searching,
  • considered,
  • undeviating,
  • studied,
  • backbreaking,
  • literal,
  • plodding,
  • balanced,
  • deliberate,
  • routine,
  • itemized,
  • orderly,
  • sedulity,
  • merciless,
  • detailed,
  • attentive,
  • tidy,
  • A,
  • prudish,
  • demanding,
  • frankly,
  • Paced,
  • critical,
  • tardily,
  • beastly,
  • particularly,
  • assiduity,
  • painstakingness,
  • strict,
  • tyrannical,
  • complete,
  • conscientiously,
  • intricate,
  • concentration,
  • endeavor,
  • toil,
  • drudgery,
  • busy,
  • mean,
  • well thought out,
  • function,
  • industriousness,
  • solicitude,
  • unsleeping,
  • arduous,
  • autocratic,
  • accurate,
  • alert,
  • painful,
  • notable,
  • regular,
  • slowly,
  • inexorable,
  • perseverance,
  • effort,
  • strait-laced,
  • unyielding,
  • ruthless,
  • faithfully,
  • prudent,
  • ardor,
  • taxing,
  • unruffled,
  • exhaustive,
  • unwearied,
  • steady,
  • untiring,
  • extensive,
  • fully,
  • labor,
  • inquisitiveness,
  • serene,
  • difficult,
  • hardship,
  • thoroughly,
  • completely,
  • loyally,
  • dispassionate,
  • severe,
  • Hard-hearted,
  • uncompromising,
  • earnestly,
  • over-nice,
  • perfectly,
  • work,
  • sincerely,
  • laboured,
  • exercise,
  • pains,
  • sluggishly,
  • dogged,
  • considerate,
  • exertion,
  • calm,
  • tireless,
  • composed,
  • travail.

Paraphrases for Painstaking:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    arduous, careful.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    arduous.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    accurate, agonizing, bitter, burdensome, challenging, conscientious, daunting, delicate, demanding, difficult, distressing, embarrassing, exacting, excruciating, formidable, harrowing, harsh, herculean, labour-intensive, lengthy, onerous, poignant, protracted, relentless, rigorous, scrupulous, thoughtful, tiresome, tough, unremitting, uphill, time-consuming, hard-working, in-depth.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    hardship, unremitting.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    aching, challenging, daunting, demanding, going, listening, making, searching, struggling, testing, trying, unremitting, Kidding.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    cumbersome, detailed, diligent, meticulous, painful, strenuous, tedious, thorough.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    strenuous.