Definition for Scruple:

• To entertain scruples; doubt; hesitate.

Synonyms for Scruple:

• n.

  •
  • convention,
  • conscience,
  • morals,
  • ethics,
  • Standards,
  • rule,
  • law,
  • code,
  • etiquette.
  •
  • certain,
  • compunction.
  •
  • dab,
  • trifle,
  • big,
  • drop,
  • bit,
  • dash,
  • spot.
  •doubt (noun)
  • diffidence,
  • disbelief,
  • distrust,
  • mistrust,
  • misgiving,
  • incredulity,
  • disquiet,
  • demurral,
  • suspicion,
  • vacillation,
  • apprehension,
  • dubiousness,
  • indecision,
  • skepticism,
  • discredit,
  • dubiety,
  • fear,
  • suspense.
  •grain (noun)
  • atom,
  • trace,
  • morsel,
  • spark,
  • scintilla.
  •minimum (noun)
  • gleam,
  • shadow,
  • hair,
  • point,
  • pittance.
  •penitence (noun)
  • self-reproach,
  • Penitency.
  •scruple (noun)
  • hesitancy,
  • faltering,
  • perplexity,
  • censor,
  • anxiety,
  • difficulty,
  • squeamishness,
  • reluctance,
  • superego,
  • Reluctancy,
  • reconsideration,
  • second thought,
  • caution,
  • twinge.

• v.

  •demur (verb)
  • challenge,
  • deprecate,
  • balk,
  • strain,
  • dispute,
  • disapprove,
  • refuse,
  • hem and haw,
  • protest,
  • object,
  • complain,
  • oppose.
  •doubt (verb)
  • suspect,
  • Misdoubt,
  • fluctuate,
  • call in question,
  • be uncertain,
  • smell a rat,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • misgive,
  • query,
  • be dubious.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • debate,
  • hang back,
  • balance,
  • think twice,
  • hold off,
  • hold back,
  • swerve,
  • hover,
  • pull back,
  • linger,
  • delay,
  • ponder.
  •scruple (verb)
  • stick,
  • stumble,
  • boggle,
  • be loath,
  • worry,
  • think twice about,
  • vacillate,
  • gag,
  • shy,
  • waver.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • molecule,
  • whit,
  • iota,
  • shred,
  • jot,
  • ounce,
  • smidgen.
  •
  • scrap,
  • crumb,
  • fragment,
  • dot,
  • speck,
  • dram.
  •disagree
  • demur.
  •doubt
  • have qualms.
  •hesitate
  • be reluctant,
  • be unwilling.
  •mistrust
  • have doubts.

Antonyms for Scruple:

• n.

  • doubt
    confidence, trust, belief, faith, certainty, dependence, reliance.
  • hesitation
    eagerness, sureness, perseverance.
  • minimum
    largest, most, maximum.
  • scruple
    ignorance, unconcern, negligence.
  • Other antonyms:
    embarrassment, surplus, boatload, loads, oversupply, peck, lump, gob, gobs, mountain, plenty, superabundance, profusion, overkill, barrel, lashings, fistful, bonanza, much, scads, assurance, overflow, REAMS, mass, wad, volume, pile, oodles, heaps, bushel, excess, passel, deal, hunk, bundle, wealth, resolution, stack, lot, overage, slab, raft, abundance, superfluity, chunk, conviction, mess, decision, persuasion, bucket, potful, overabundance, overmuch, determination, quantity, surfeit.

• v.

  • demur
    agree, consent, go along, accept.
  • doubt
    rely, be certain, not question, believe.
  • falter
    remain, continue, persist, endure, stay, maintain.
  • hesitate
    resolve, attack, persevere, carry on, go ahead, go.
  • scruple
    not care.

Homophones for Scruple:

• scrofula, sorb apple, survival, sorrowfully, scrub fowl, serval, scurvily, scrappily, scrabble, screwball, servilely, Scrapple, serve well, sugar apple, shrivel, sorrowful, sharply, soccer ball, scribble, scrabbly, surveil, servile, sourball, sugar bowl.

Holonyms for Scruple:

• n.

  • quantity
    drachm, dram, drachma.

Hyponym for Scruple:

• n.

  • cognition
    principle.
  • quantity
    apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight.

• v.

  • communication
    question, wonder.
  • emotion
    fret, niggle, fuss.
  • stative
    hesitate, pause.

Meronym for Scruple:

• n.

  • quantity
    grain.