What is another word for scruple?
449 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ skɹˈuːpə͡l], [ skɹˈuːpəl], [ s_k_ɹ_ˈuː_p_əl]Table of Contents
Similar words for scruple:- compunction (noun)
- doubt (noun)
- grain (noun)
- hesitation (noun)
- indecisiveness (noun)
- minim (noun)
- minimum (noun)
- misgiving (noun)
- mistrust (noun)
- objection (noun)
- particle (noun)
- penitence (noun)
- qualm (noun)
- regret (noun)
- reservation (noun)
- scruple (noun)
- solicitude (noun)
- uncertainty (noun)
- uneasiness (noun)
- demur (verb)
- doubt (verb)
- falter (verb)
- hesitate (verb)
- misdoubt (verb)
- mistrust (verb)
- scruple (verb)
- shrink (verb)
- other synonyms
- disagree
- doubt
- hesitate
- mistrust
Synonyms for Scruple:
n.
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- ethics,
- etiquette,
- code,
- Standards,
- rule,
- the proprieties,
- law,
- conscience,
- convention,
- morals.
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- certain,
- compunction.
- agnosticism,
- fear,
- diffidence,
- dubiousness,
- faithlessness,
- problem,
- suspense,
- disbelief,
- disquiet,
- incredulity,
- distrust,
- apprehension,
- incertitude,
- dilemma,
- demurral,
- waverings,
- quandary,
- confusion,
- lack of confidence,
- skepticism,
- suspicion,
- indecision,
- rejection,
- dubiety,
- ambiguity,
- vacillation,
- misgiving,
- wavering,
- mistrust,
- discredit.
- indisposition,
- oscillation,
- dawdling,
- Averseness,
- unwillingness,
- Delaying,
- stammering,
- equivocation,
- fluctuation,
- stuttering.
- depth,
- hair,
- bottom,
- narrowest,
- margin,
- lowest,
- smallest,
- pittance,
- slightest,
- point,
- gleam,
- shadow.
- fore-boding,
- pre monition,
- un belief,
- pre-monition,
- pre sage,
- pre-notion,
- un eases,
- un-ease,
- pre-sages,
- pre-sage,
- pre sentiments,
- un-belief,
- pre monitions,
- un ease,
- apprehensivenesses,
- fore boding,
- pre-sentiment,
- pre-sentiments,
- mis giving,
- un-beliefs,
- pre sages,
- pre notion,
- pre notions,
- pre-notions,
- prenotions,
- un beliefs,
- un-eases,
- fore bodings,
- mis-giving.
- re monstrance,
- dis esteems,
- dis-satisfaction,
- dis pleasures,
- dis-approval,
- dis-esteem,
- counterarguments,
- counter arguments,
- counter argument,
- dis contents,
- dis approbations,
- dis-inclination,
- dis approval,
- dis-approbations,
- dis-pleasures,
- re-monstrances,
- dis-satisfactions,
- re-monstrance,
- dis approvals,
- dis approbation,
- dis-esteems,
- demurrings,
- re monstrances,
- dis inclination,
- counter-arguments,
- dis-inclinations,
- dis-pleasure,
- shrinkings,
- dis-approvals,
- dis satisfaction,
- dis esteem,
- dis inclinations,
- dis-approbation,
- dis content,
- dis pleasure,
- dis satisfactions,
- dis-content,
- dis-contents.
- remorsefulness,
- self-condemnation,
- self-castigation,
- Penitency,
- ruefulness,
- self-reproach,
- self-flagellation,
- self-punishment.
- pro viso,
- re striction,
- pro-visions,
- pro-visos,
- re-strictions,
- pro visos,
- pro-viso,
- re-striction,
- pro visions,
- re strictions,
- pro-vision,
- grain salt,
- pro vision.
v.
•demur (verb)- dispute,
- combat,
- balk,
- protest,
- deprecate,
- strain,
- refuse,
- wait and see,
- cavil,
- object,
- hem and haw,
- complain,
- disapprove,
- resist,
- challenge,
- fight,
- oppose.
- query,
- impugn,
- surmise,
- Skepticize,
- be dubious,
- Misdoubt,
- give no credence,
- insinuate,
- imagine,
- not buy,
- call in question,
- be in a quandary,
- Shilly-shally,
- suspect,
- fluctuate,
- take dim view of,
- read differently,
- be undetermined,
- disbelieve,
- harbor suspicion,
- smell a rat,
- be uncertain,
- be curious,
- wonder at,
- be apprehensive of,
- misgive,
- be puzzled.
- halt,
- stammer,
- quaver,
- shake,
- break,
- roll,
- flounder,
- topple,
- fluff,
- reel,
- teeter,
- stagger,
- tremble,
- rock,
- totter.
- equivocate,
- dally,
- sit on fence,
- pull back,
- be irresolute,
- swerve,
- debate,
- dither,
- fumble,
- hedge,
- delay,
- stop,
- stutter,
- ponder,
- seesaw,
- tergiversate,
- shift,
- weigh,
- hold off,
- hang back,
- hover,
- straddle,
- oscillate,
- linger,
- think twice,
- shy away,
- alternate,
- defer,
- balance,
- waffle,
- hold back,
- think about,
- dillydally,
- blow hot and cold.
- had one's doubts,
- mis-doubted,
- has one doubts,
- haddest one doubts,
- mis doubting,
- mis doubted,
- hath one's doubts,
- mis-doubt,
- having one doubts,
- has ones doubts,
- hadst ones doubts,
- mis doubt,
- having ones doubts,
- hast ones doubts,
- had one doubts,
- had ones doubts,
- haddest one's doubts,
- hast one doubts,
- have one doubts,
- has one's doubts,
- hadst one doubts,
- mis doubts,
- have ones doubts,
- haddest ones doubts,
- mis-doubting,
- mis-doubts,
- hath ones doubts,
- hadst one's doubts,
- hast one's doubts,
- having one's doubts,
- hath one doubts.
- be waring,
- be ware,
- has doubts,
- be wares,
- haddest doubts,
- be-ware,
- having doubts,
- being wary,
- be-wares,
- is wary,
- hast doubts,
- be wared,
- be-wared,
- mis trusted,
- were wary,
- be-waring,
- was wary,
- are wary,
- art wary,
- wert wary,
- mis trusting,
- mis-trusted,
- mis-trusting,
- hadst doubts,
- hath doubts,
- am wary,
- wast wary,
- had doubts.
Other synonyms:
•disagree •doubt •hesitate •mistrust
Antonyms for Scruple:
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n.
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doubt
confidence, trust, belief, faith, certainty, dependence, reliance.
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hesitation
eagerness, sureness, perseverance.
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scruple
ignorance, unconcern, negligence.
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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.
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doubt
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v.
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doubt
rely, be certain, not question, believe.
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scruple
not care.
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doubt
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:
Hyponym for Scruple:
n.
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cognition
principle.
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quantity
apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight.
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cognition
v.
Meronym for Scruple:
n.
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quantity
grain.
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quantity