What is another word for scrupulous?
714 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ m_ˈɜː_s_ə_n_ə_ɹ_ɪ_n_ə_s], [ mˈɜːsənəɹɪnəs], [ mˈɜːsənəɹɪnəs], [ skɹˈuːpjʊləs], [ skɹˈuːpjʊləs], [ s_k_ɹ_ˈuː_p_j_ʊ_l_ə_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for scrupulous:- discriminating (adjective)
- extremely careful (adjective)
- fastidious (adjective)
- liege (adjective)
- literal (adjective)
- methodical (adjective)
- on time (adjective)
- painstaking (adjective)
- plainspoken (adjective)
- precise (adjective)
- selective (adjective)
- veridical (adjective)
- vigilant (adjective)
- virtuous (adjective)
- principled (noun)
- scrupulous (noun)
- discriminating (verb)
- honest
- loyal
- prompt
- strict
- other relevant words
- other synonyms
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Definition for Scrupulous:
Synonyms for Scrupulous:
adj.
•discriminating (adjective) •extremely careful (adjective)- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- critical,
- exact,
- fastidious,
- fussy,
- heedful,
- honest,
- honorable,
- just,
- meticulous,
- minute,
- moral,
- nice,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- precise,
- principled,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- right,
- rigorous,
- strict,
- true,
- upright,
- thinking twice.
- accurate,
- careful,
- choosy,
- conscientious,
- correct,
- critical,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- diligent,
- discerning,
- discriminating,
- epicurean,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- finicky,
- flawless,
- fussy,
- hypercritical,
- literal,
- methodical,
- meticulous,
- mincing,
- particular,
- persnickety,
- perspicacious,
- picky,
- precise,
- priggish,
- prim,
- proper,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- rigorous,
- severe,
- squeamish,
- Qualmish.
- choicy.
n.
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- exact,
- organized,
- systematic.
v.
•discriminating (verb)Other synonyms:
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- undivided.
- aboveboard,
- absolute,
- active,
- acute,
- adverse,
- agnostic,
- analyze,
- arduous,
- artless,
- assiduous,
- averse,
- backward,
- balking,
- balky,
- bashful,
- bona fide,
- candid,
- canvass,
- case,
- censorious,
- ceremonious,
- chary,
- check over,
- circumspect,
- clean,
- clean-cut,
- clear-cut,
- close,
- comb,
- commendable,
- complete,
- complex,
- compliant,
- complicated,
- compulsive,
- concentrated,
- confining,
- conforming,
- conscionable,
- conservative,
- consider,
- constant,
- constricting,
- constrictive,
- contemplate,
- content,
- conventional,
- curious,
- cynical,
- decent,
- deferential,
- defined,
- definite,
- deliberate,
- detailed,
- devoted,
- devout,
- difficult,
- diffident,
- dig into,
- discreet,
- discriminative,
- disinclined,
- dislike,
- dissect,
- dissemble,
- distrustful,
- dogged,
- doubtful,
- doubting,
- dubious,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- earnest,
- errorless,
- ethical,
- exact,
- examine,
- exhaustive,
- exigent,
- exquisite,
- extensive,
- eye,
- eyeball,
- fair,
- fair-minded,
- faithful,
- faltering,
- faultless,
- fine,
- focused,
- frank,
- fuddy-duddy,
- gentlemanlike,
- good,
- goody-goody,
- guileless,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- high-minded,
- high-principled,
- honest,
- honorable,
- honourable,
- incorruptible,
- incredulous,
- indefatigable,
- indifferent,
- indisposed,
- industrious,
- inflexible,
- ingenuous,
- inspect,
- intent,
- intricate,
- involuntary,
- just,
- just so,
- keen,
- laborious,
- laggard,
- leery,
- liege,
- loath,
- loth,
- loving,
- loyal,
- mathematical,
- minute,
- mistrustful,
- modest,
- moral,
- moralistic,
- narrow,
- narrow-minded,
- neat,
- nice,
- niminy-piminy,
- noble,
- obedient,
- obsessive,
- old-maidish,
- open,
- opposed,
- orderly,
- organized,
- outspoken,
- overcritical,
- overlook,
- painful,
- painstaking,
- pedantic,
- penetrate,
- perceptive,
- perfectionist,
- pernickety,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- peruse,
- pierce,
- plainspoken,
- practicing,
- precious,
- principled,
- probe,
- punctual,
- pure,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- queasy,
- querulous,
- questioning,
- quibbling,
- real,
- refined,
- relentless,
- religious,
- reluctant,
- remiss,
- repugnant,
- reputable,
- respectable,
- respectful,
- restive,
- right,
- right-minded,
- righteous,
- rigid,
- safe,
- scan,
- sceptical,
- scientific,
- scrutinize,
- searching,
- sedulous,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- sharp,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- similar,
- sincere,
- skeptical,
- slack,
- slight,
- small,
- so,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- straitlaced,
- stringent,
- study,
- stuffy,
- subtle,
- superb,
- superior,
- survey,
- suspicious,
- systematic,
- thin-skinned,
- thoroughgoing,
- tidy,
- tireless,
- true,
- trustworthy,
- truthful,
- unaffected,
- unbelieving,
- unbending,
- uncertain,
- unconditional,
- uncorrupted,
- undeviating,
- undisguised,
- undivided,
- unerring,
- unfeigned,
- unqualified,
- unrelenting,
- unremitting,
- unreserved,
- unswerving,
- untiring,
- untrusting,
- unwavering,
- unwilling,
- unyielding,
- upright,
- upstanding,
- veracious,
- veridical,
- vet,
- victorian,
- view,
- virtuous,
- wary,
- watch,
- weigh,
- well-defined,
- Boggling,
- Chop-logic,
- Demurring,
- Finicking,
- Inconvincible,
- Lickerish,
- Methodic,
- Overscrupulous,
- Refusing,
- Restiff,
- Scrutinizing,
- Simple-hearted,
- Thoroughpaced,
- old fashioned,
- straight-from-the-shoulder,
- strait-laced,
- Precisian,
- Puristic,
- Stickling,
- Suspecting,
- Systematical,
- unconsenting,
- overconscientious,
- straight-shooting,
- hair-splitting,
- hard-working,
- above-board,
- Squeasy,
- Undissembling,
- Unperjured,
- mistrusting,
- over-nice,
- anal,
- above suspicion,
- nit-picking,
- pore over,
- shy of,
- in doubt,
- choicy,
- con,
- perlustrate,
- thinking twice,
- precisionist,
- perfectionistic.
Antonyms for Scrupulous:
adj.
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all
unscrupulous.
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extremely careful
careless, dishonest, easy, false, inaccurate, inexact, lenient, loose, negligent, uncritical, undemanding, unscrupulous, easy-going, uncareful.
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Other antonyms:
apathetic, atrocious, bad, base, black, bold, careless, corrupt, cursory, cutthroat, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dishonest, dishonorable, dissolute, evil, evil-minded, halfhearted, heedless, immoral, impetuous, imprecise, inaccurate, inattentive, incautious, indecent, indifferent, infamous, iniquitous, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, low, mean, mindless, nefarious, neglectful, negligent, perverted, rash, reckless, regardless, reprobate, sinful, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unconscionable, uncritical, undemanding, undiscriminating, unethical, unguarded, unjust, unprincipled, unreliable, unrighteous, unsafe, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, unwary, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked.
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all
Other antonyms:
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n.
irreligious, secular.
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n. t.
amoral, apathetic, atrocious, bad, base, black, bold, careless, corrupt, cursory, cutthroat, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dishonest, dishonorable, dissolute, easy, evil, evil-minded, halfhearted, heedless, immoral, impetuous, imprecise, inaccurate, inattentive, incautious, indecent, indifferent, inexact, infamous, iniquitous, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, lenient, loose, low, mean, mindless, nefarious, neglectful, negligent, rash, reckless, regardless, reprobate, sinful, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, superficial, uncaring, unconscientious, unconscionable, uncritical, undemanding, undiscriminating, unethical, unguarded, unjust, unprincipled, unreliable, unrighteous, unsafe, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, unwary, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, lazyish, easy-going, uncareful, without scruples.
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n.
