Definition for Scruple:

• To entertain scruples; doubt; hesitate.

Synonyms for Scruple:

• n.

  •
  • convention,
  • conscience,
  • morals,
  • ethics,
  • Standards,
  • rule,
  • law,
  • code,
  • etiquette.
  •
  • certain,
  • reservation,
  • compunction.
  •
  • dram,
  • dab,
  • drop,
  • jot,
  • mite,
  • grain,
  • speck,
  • dash,
  • crumb,
  • minim,
  • molecule,
  • scrap,
  • iota,
  • fragment,
  • bit,
  • whit,
  • tittle,
  • smidgen,
  • big,
  • spot,
  • trifle,
  • modicum,
  • particle,
  • Ort,
  • ounce,
  • dot,
  • shred.
  •compunction (noun)
  • uneasiness.
  •doubt (noun)
  • discredit,
  • diffidence,
  • incredulity,
  • indecision,
  • demurral,
  • fear,
  • skepticism,
  • apprehension,
  • dubiety,
  • uncertainty,
  • suspense,
  • dubiousness,
  • suspicion,
  • mistrust,
  • irresolution,
  • misgiving,
  • disbelief,
  • vacillation,
  • disquiet,
  • distrust.
  •grain (noun)
  • granule,
  • bit,
  • spark,
  • mite,
  • mote,
  • speck,
  • scrap,
  • trace,
  • molecule,
  • jot,
  • crumb,
  • iota,
  • fragment,
  • scintilla,
  • modicum,
  • whit,
  • ounce,
  • atom,
  • particle,
  • tittle,
  • morsel,
  • smidgen,
  • drop.
  •minimum (noun)
  • gleam,
  • dot,
  • point,
  • grain,
  • trifle,
  • shadow,
  • pittance,
  • dab,
  • hair.
  •mistrust (noun)
  • mistrust.
  •penitence (noun)
  • self-reproach,
  • Penitency.
  •scruple (noun)
  • pause,
  • hesitancy,
  • twinge,
  • censor,
  • faltering,
  • conscience,
  • reluctance,
  • second thought,
  • Reluctancy,
  • misgiving,
  • difficulty,
  • squeamishness,
  • anxiety,
  • superego,
  • demur,
  • compunction,
  • caution,
  • reconsideration,
  • hesitation,
  • qualm,
  • perplexity,
  • uneasiness.
  •uncertainty (noun)
  • misgiving.

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • minim,
  • objection.
  •
  • mite,
  • shred,
  • molecule,
  • particle,
  • whit,
  • Ort,
  • ounce,
  • tittle,
  • jot,
  • smidgen,
  • modicum,
  • doubt,
  • iota.
  •
  • scrap,
  • crumb,
  • fragment,
  • dot,
  • speck,
  • dram.
  •
  • compunction,
  • grain.
  •
  • reservation.
  •
  • drop,
  • spot,
  • trifle,
  • bit.
  •disagree
  • demur.
  •doubt
  • be dubious,
  • smell a rat,
  • misgive,
  • call in question,
  • Misdoubt,
  • be uncertain,
  • have qualms.
  •falter
  • hesitate.
  •hesitate
  • hold off,
  • be unwilling,
  • pull back,
  • be reluctant,
  • think twice.
  •mistrust
  • have doubts.
  •remorse
  • regret.
  •Other relevant words:
  • delicacy,
  • linger,
  • delay,
  • meticulousness,
  • smell,
  • avoid,
  • dwarf,
  • deny,
  • hang off,
  • gripe,
  • holler,
  • point of honor,
  • limitation,
  • dram,
  • qualmishness,
  • dab,
  • shy,
  • doubt,
  • abide,
  • chip,
  • remonstrance,
  • stall,
  • shyness,
  • groat,
  • care,
  • nicety,
  • demur,
  • pinch,
  • flinch,
  • scrag,
  • cleave,
  • teach-in,
  • hover,
  • demurral,
  • hoot,
  • compunction,
  • bit,
  • irresolution,
  • qualification,
  • sup,
  • Cantlet,
  • driblet,
  • disinclination,
  • quail,
  • spark,
  • wait,
  • self-doubt,
  • nutshell,
  • handful,
  • grouse,
  • Haver,
  • look,
  • uncertainty,
  • guilt,
  • dubiety,
  • ethic,
  • ounce,
  • Minutiae,
  • funny feeling,
  • disagree,
  • difficulty,
  • omit,
  • kick,
  • fight shy of,
  • troy weight,
  • vacillation,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • reconsideration,
  • squawk,
  • volunteer,
  • be uncertain,
  • boycott,
  • oppose,
  • mental reservation,
  • vanishing point,
  • etiquette,
  • ray,
  • trace,
  • hem and haw,
  • condition,
  • arroba,
  • avoirdupois weight,
  • blench,
  • jot,
  • uneasiness,
  • Shive,
  • Boggling,
  • certain,
  • stone,
  • fritter,
  • modest,
  • hum and haw,
  • atom,
  • dispute,
  • moral,
  • punctuality,
  • concern,
  • weight,
  • objection,
  • dot,
  • beef,
  • picket,
  • drachma,
  • demurrer,
  • rule,
  • sprinkling,
  • dubiousness,
  • scruples,
  • pull back,
  • Penitency,
  • suspense,
  • lb,
  • complain,
  • molecule,
  • make bones about,
  • sinking feeling,
  • spoil,
  • thought,
  • howl,
  • patch,
  • shrinking,
  • fragment,
  • recoil,
  • coy,
  • be loath,
  • inch,
  • granule,
  • boggle,
  • nip,
  • queasiness,
  • unbelief,
  • opposition,
  • smell a rat,
  • shade,
  • suspect,
  • little,
  • pennyweight,
  • modicum,
  • disagreement,
  • fastidiousness,
  • scantling,
  • object,
  • weighing,
  • leeriness,
  • scepticism,
  • shrink from,
  • pause,
  • drab,
  • pittance,
  • pang,
  • march,
  • back down,
  • tittle,
  • kilo,
  • stick at,
  • punctiliousness,
  • withdraw,
  • hesitancy,
  • caution,
  • mistrust,
  • idea,
  • balance,
  • balk,
  • to and fro,
  • perplexity,
  • pangs,
  • think twice about,
  • voice of conscience,
  • trivia,
  • second thought,
  • tatter,
  • ton,
  • prim,
  • hair,
  • qualms,
  • lick,
  • restraint,
  • wince,
  • cwt,
  • apothecaries' weight,
  • meet halfway,
  • throes,
  • query,
  • snack,
  • disclaimer,
  • gobbet,
  • skosh,
  • apprehension,
  • spot,
  • cast,
  • censor,
  • worry,
  • smidge,
  • speck,
  • scrap,
  • straddle the fence,
  • splash,
  • smidgen,
  • disclaim,
  • dissent,
  • convention,
  • contriteness,
  • conscientiousness,
  • dash,
  • rally,
  • expostulation,
  • retreat,
  • ace,
  • squeamishness,
  • seed,
  • be dubious,
  • spatter,
  • HIT,
  • Dight,
  • screed,
  • dole,
  • shy at,
  • complaint,
  • regret,
  • skepticism,
  • provision,
  • Misdoubt,
  • Scrupulosity,
  • paring,
  • self-reproach,
  • strike,
  • question,
  • faltering,
  • reluctance,
  • glimmer,
  • drop,
  • be doubtful,
  • quintal,
  • Trutination,
  • raise a question,
  • doubtfulness,
  • shred,
  • farthing,
  • foreboding,
  • proviso,
  • sliver,
  • sop,
  • Picketing,
  • scrupulousness,
  • morceau,
  • cantle,
  • jib,
  • hooter,
  • expostulate,
  • bitch,
  • protest,
  • droplet,
  • little bit,
  • sip,
  • twinge,
  • Flyspeck,
  • long ton,
  • Stickling,
  • gleam,
  • waver,
  • trifle,
  • jealousy,
  • globule,
  • law,
  • decline,
  • premonition,
  • details,
  • distrust,
  • wobble,
  • apprehensiveness,
  • ethics,
  • hesitance,
  • tad,
  • stop to consider,
  • hint,
  • Scrimption,
  • disapproval,
  • stumble,
  • particle,
  • anxiety,
  • stick,
  • scintilla,
  • spice,
  • modesty,
  • mistrustfulness,
  • spoonful,
  • dilly-dally,
  • disapprove,
  • demonstration,
  • hundredweight,
  • hang back,
  • solicitude,
  • disquiet,
  • tincture,
  • take exception,
  • grievance,
  • load,
  • distrustfulness,
  • contrition,
  • slip,
  • discredit,
  • falter,
  • snip,
  • fret,
  • reservation,
  • snitch,
  • indecision,
  • gag,
  • have doubts,
  • stickle,
  • pangs of conscience,
  • fear,
  • jump at,
  • morsel,
  • denial,
  • yield,
  • suspiciousness,
  • penitence,
  • tinge,
  • catch at,
  • contest,
  • dribble,
  • vacillate,
  • point,
  • second thoughts,
  • demonstrate,
  • punctilio,
  • discomfort,
  • Remonstration,
  • adhere,
  • snap,
  • Reluctancy,
  • tiny bit,
  • grievance committee,
  • snatch,
  • Ort,
  • peanuts,
  • conscience,
  • morals,
  • heed,
  • deliberate,
  • whit,
  • shiver,
  • streak,
  • thimbleful,
  • call in question,
  • refuse,
  • iota,
  • think twice,
  • Strain at,
  • unease,
  • have qualms,
  • grumble,
  • minim,
  • carat,
  • be unwilling,
  • weave,
  • nugget,
  • corpuscle,
  • pebble,
  • unit,
  • temporize,
  • lota,
  • fleck,
  • cynicism,
  • mortification,
  • exception,
  • sit-in,
  • malaise,
  • snippet,
  • suspicion,
  • big,
  • cry out against,
  • fluctuate,
  • moral principle,
  • ponder,
  • hesitate,
  • cling,
  • Overscrupulousness,
  • dread,
  • Ponderation,
  • touch,
  • mishandle,
  • hang fire,
  • remonstrate,
  • code,
  • procrastinate,
  • clipping,
  • be reluctant,
  • pound,
  • nubbin,
  • niggle,
  • swerve,
  • hesitation,
  • strain,
  • minimum,
  • hold back,
  • diffidence,
  • mote,
  • hold off,
  • debate,
  • soupcon,
  • dyne,
  • bashfulness,
  • crumb,
  • remorse,
  • Standards,
  • chipping,
  • superego,
  • tod,
  • disbelief,
  • heedfulness,
  • flitter,
  • protestation,
  • anguish,
  • humble,
  • demure,
  • wariness,
  • shaving,
  • force,
  • deprecate,
  • challenge,
  • shrink,
  • incredulity,
  • metric ton,
  • grain,
  • mite,
  • misgive,
  • onus probandi,
  • smack,
  • snick,
  • Weights,
  • shadow.

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:
    decision, resolution, belief, fistful, assurance, confidence, embarrassment, superfluity, certainty, conviction, bonanza, raft, deal, stack, peck, mess, persuasion, profusion, abundance, gobs, heaps, much, superabundance, mountain, determination, oodles, oversupply, lot, lashings, bundle, mass, overage, loads, slab, overmuch, boatload, volume, scads, bucket, gob, lump, wad, resolve, wealth, surplus, overflow, hunk, excess, chunk, potful, overkill, pile, REAMS, overabundance, passel, bushel, quantity, barrel, surfeit, plenty.

• 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.