Synonyms for Scruples:

• n.

  •
  • care,
  • scrupulousness,
  • attention.
  •conscience (noun)
  • shame,
  • duty,
  • small voice,
  • principles,
  • Superegos,
  • right and wrong,
  • inner voice,
  • superego,
  • squeam,
  • still small voice,
  • qualms,
  • scruples.
  •doubt (noun)
  • suspense,
  • discredit,
  • misgiving,
  • faithlessness,
  • agnosticism,
  • rejection,
  • ambiguity,
  • distrust,
  • problem,
  • dubiousness,
  • dubiety,
  • skepticism,
  • vacillation,
  • uncertainty,
  • apprehension,
  • disquiet,
  • irresolution,
  • dilemma,
  • incredulity,
  • confusion,
  • quandary,
  • diffidence,
  • suspicion,
  • disbelief,
  • fear,
  • wavering,
  • lack of confidence,
  • mistrust,
  • indecision,
  • demurral,
  • incertitude.
  •scruple (noun)
  • anxiety,
  • reconsideration,
  • conscience,
  • compunction,
  • pause,
  • squeamishness,
  • perplexity,
  • hesitation,
  • caution,
  • difficulty,
  • qualm,
  • Reluctancy,
  • second thought,
  • faltering,
  • censor,
  • reluctance,
  • hesitancy,
  • demur,
  • uneasiness,
  • twinge.
  •scruples (noun)
  • sense of right and wrong,
  • moral sense.
  •values (noun)
  • Standards.

• v.

  •demur (verb)
  • complain,
  • pussyfoot,
  • deprecate,
  • oppose,
  • wait and see,
  • challenge,
  • disapprove,
  • cavil,
  • protest,
  • take exception,
  • remonstrate,
  • strain,
  • object,
  • fight,
  • resist,
  • balk,
  • scruple,
  • refuse,
  • hem and haw,
  • dispute,
  • combat.
  •doubt (verb)
  • surmise,
  • take dim view of,
  • imagine,
  • fluctuate,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • be curious,
  • be dubious,
  • query,
  • be uncertain,
  • call in question,
  • not buy,
  • harbor suspicion,
  • be apprehensive of,
  • read differently,
  • suspect,
  • be undetermined,
  • wonder at,
  • be in a quandary,
  • be puzzled,
  • Skepticize,
  • smell a rat,
  • give no credence,
  • misgive,
  • impugn,
  • disbelieve,
  • insinuate,
  • Misdoubt.
  •scruple (verb)
  • fret,
  • worry,
  • question,
  • be unwilling,
  • think twice about,
  • shy,
  • vacillate,
  • doubt,
  • hesitate,
  • gag,
  • stickle,
  • waver,
  • stumble,
  • falter,
  • have qualms,
  • be reluctant,
  • stick,
  • boggle,
  • be loath.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • ethical motive,
  • ethics,
  • moral excellence,
  • morality,
  • morals,
  • sense of duty,
  • values,
  • Habits,
  • moral fiber,
  • good conscience,
  • sense of honor,
  • moral courage,
  • moral rectitude,
  • moral virtue,
  • strongmindedness.

Paraphrases for Scruples:

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    misgivings, constraints, obstacles, blocks, barriers.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    qualms, Inhibitions.

Antonyms for Scruples:

• n.

  • conscience
    immorality.
  • doubt
    certainty, dependence, trust, confidence, faith, belief, reliance.
  • morals
    indecency, unethicalness, amorality, Disrespectability.
  • scruple
    negligence, unconcern, ignorance.

• v.

  • demur
    agree, go along, accept, consent.
  • doubt
    rely, not question, believe, be certain.
  • scruple
    not care.

Scruples Sentence Examples:

• However, of his scruples they were tolerant enough.

• Miss Marley's manners, though abrupt, had certain fine scruples of their own.

Homophones for Scruples:

• scrupulous, square block, surplusage, serflike, surplice, scrofulous, surplus.