Definition for Scrupulous:

• Having scruples; cautious; careful; exact; strict.

Synonyms for Scrupulous:

• adj.

  •discriminating (adjective)
  • selective.
  •extremely careful (adjective)
  • precise,
  • honorable,
  • fussy,
  • heedful,
  • principled,
  • just,
  • nice,
  • critical,
  • upright,
  • exact,
  • punctilious,
  • strict,
  • thinking twice,
  • right,
  • minute,
  • punctual,
  • painstaking,
  • rigorous,
  • true,
  • moral,
  • honest,
  • conscionable,
  • particular,
  • fastidious,
  • conscientious,
  • meticulous.
  •fastidious (adjective)
  • choosy,
  • demanding,
  • discriminating,
  • priggish,
  • epicurean,
  • persnickety,
  • rigorous,
  • exacting,
  • severe,
  • precise,
  • conscientious,
  • punctilious,
  • literal,
  • careful,
  • mincing,
  • fussy,
  • perspicacious,
  • fastidious,
  • particular,
  • correct,
  • finicky,
  • Qualmish,
  • dainty,
  • picky,
  • methodical,
  • meticulous,
  • discerning,
  • squeamish,
  • delicate,
  • prudish,
  • hypercritical,
  • proper,
  • prim,
  • flawless,
  • critical,
  • accurate,
  • diligent.
  •liege (adjective)
  • liege.
  •literal (adjective)
  • undeviating.
  •methodical (adjective)
  • Systematical,
  • Methodic.
  •on time (adjective)
  • punctual.
  •painstaking (adjective)
  • hard-working.
  •plainspoken (adjective)
  • plainspoken.
  •precise (adjective)
  • accurate.
  •selective (adjective)
  • choicy.
  •veridical (adjective)
  • veridical.
  •vigilant (adjective)
  • vigilant,
  • sharp-eyed,
  • thoughtful,
  • prepared,
  • mindful,
  • careful,
  • particular,
  • attentive,
  • precise,
  • diligent,
  • observant,
  • fastidious,
  • strict,
  • prudent,
  • watchful,
  • heedful,
  • alert,
  • guarded,
  • ready,
  • finical,
  • cautious,
  • thorough,
  • exacting,
  • meticulous,
  • fussy,
  • responsible,
  • provident,
  • regardful,
  • conscientious.
  •virtuous (adjective)
  • righteous.

• n.

  •
  • sincere,
  • truthful,
  • fine,
  • upstanding,
  • good,
  • decent.
  •
  • systematic,
  • exact,
  • organized.
  •principled (noun)
  • ethical,
  • honorable,
  • upright,
  • circumspect.
  •scrupulous (noun)
  • conscientious,
  • painstaking,
  • religious,
  • careful.

• v.

  •discriminating (verb)
  • selective.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • moral,
  • fair.
  •
  • undivided.
  •honest
  • incorruptible.
  •loyal
  • faithful.
  •prompt
  • punctual.
  •strict
  • exact.
  •Other relevant words:
  • study,
  • right-minded,
  • uncorrupted,
  • distrustful,
  • mistrusting,
  • thin-skinned,
  • bashful,
  • puritanical,
  • hard-working,
  • incorruptible,
  • real,
  • high-minded,
  • obsessive,
  • pedantic,
  • intricate,
  • truthful,
  • weigh,
  • complex,
  • unaffected,
  • reputable,
  • so,
  • guileless,
  • faultless,
  • in doubt,
  • old fashioned,
  • diffident,
  • thinking twice,
  • liege,
  • case,
  • concentrated,
  • fuddy-duddy,
  • undivided,
  • incredulous,
  • thoroughgoing,
  • wary,
  • above suspicion,
  • true,
  • canvass,
  • laggard,
  • unwilling,
  • precisionist,
  • honourable,
  • straight-shooting,
  • exigent,
  • difficult,
  • virtuous,
  • assiduous,
  • Methodic,
  • painful,
  • extensive,
  • well-defined,
  • just,
  • conforming,
  • loyal,
  • unswerving,
  • steadfast,
  • steady,
  • strait-laced,
  • constant,
  • open,
  • straight-out,
  • earnest,
  • clean,
  • religious,
  • loath,
  • narrow-minded,
  • conventional,
  • doubtful,
  • Unperjured,
  • dogged,
  • untrusting,
  • minute,
  • moral,
  • stuffy,
  • industrious,
  • Squeasy,
  • penetrate,
  • dislike,
  • discriminative,
  • aboveboard,
  • precious,
  • vet,
  • shy,
  • deliberate,
  • faltering,
  • outspoken,
  • unfeigned,
  • unbelieving,
  • obedient,
  • narrow,
  • confining,
  • unbending,
  • respectable,
  • probe,
  • noble,
  • Puristic,
  • just so,
  • nit-picking,
  • complicated,
  • neat,
  • Undissembling,
  • devoted,
  • opposed,
  • fine,
  • perfectionist,
  • trustworthy,
  • upstanding,
  • dissect,
  • persevering,
  • puritanic,
  • small,
  • sensitive,
  • duteous,
  • undeviating,
  • backward,
  • acute,
  • searching,
  • Precisian,
  • averse,
  • scan,
  • Refusing,
  • superb,
  • persistent,
  • devout,
  • perlustrate,
  • complete,
  • untiring,
  • Demurring,
  • inflexible,
  • sedulous,
  • perceptive,
  • remiss,
  • righteous,
  • dissemble,
  • conservative,
  • over-nice,
  • Stickling,
  • suspicious,
  • slack,
  • unerring,
  • arduous,
  • sharp,
  • exact,
  • discreet,
  • ethical,
  • dig into,
  • straightforward,
  • good,
  • circumspect,
  • unqualified,
  • frank,
  • Lickerish,
  • right,
  • focused,
  • subtle,
  • Finicking,
  • punctual,
  • high-principled,
  • unconsenting,
  • scientific,
  • contemplate,
  • faithful,
  • veridical,
  • bona fide,
  • mistrustful,
  • chary,
  • detailed,
  • selective,
  • peruse,
  • moralistic,
  • keen,
  • old-maidish,
  • systematic,
  • loth,
  • unyielding,
  • absolute,
  • definite,
  • scrutinize,
  • above-board,
  • skeptical,
  • laborious,
  • tidy,
  • victorian,
  • anal,
  • check over,
  • painstaking,
  • principled,
  • shrinking,
  • loving,
  • Restiff,
  • superior,
  • ceremonious,
  • hesitating,
  • exhaustive,
  • Chop-logic,
  • Simple-hearted,
  • exquisite,
  • inspect,
  • Thoroughpaced,
  • close,
  • queasy,
  • repugnant,
  • unreserved,
  • consider,
  • artless,
  • doubting,
  • straitlaced,
  • practicing,
  • upright,
  • overlook,
  • unremitting,
  • defined,
  • sceptical,
  • conscionable,
  • undisguised,
  • Scrutinizing,
  • pure,
  • examine,
  • balking,
  • fair-minded,
  • perfectionistic,
  • Boggling,
  • unwavering,
  • leery,
  • eyeball,
  • niminy-piminy,
  • goody-goody,
  • analyze,
  • unrelenting,
  • pierce,
  • veracious,
  • compulsive,
  • stringent,
  • decent,
  • honorable,
  • adverse,
  • shy of,
  • relentless,
  • overconscientious,
  • pernickety,
  • gentlemanlike,
  • questioning,
  • cynical,
  • compliant,
  • ingenuous,
  • nice,
  • refined,
  • fair,
  • Overscrupulous,
  • intent,
  • quibbling,
  • rigid,
  • content,
  • commendable,
  • querulous,
  • safe,
  • hesitant,
  • overcritical,
  • choicy,
  • honest,
  • involuntary,
  • dubious,
  • active,
  • Suspecting,
  • restive,
  • deferential,
  • watch,
  • constricting,
  • con,
  • Systematical,
  • straight-from-the-shoulder,
  • pore over,
  • uncertain,
  • slight,
  • reluctant,
  • balky,
  • candid,
  • organized,
  • curious,
  • hair-splitting,
  • errorless,
  • clear-cut,
  • plainspoken,
  • dutiful,
  • unconditional,
  • indefatigable,
  • comb,
  • Inconvincible,
  • respectful,
  • agnostic,
  • tireless,
  • censorious,
  • indisposed,
  • constrictive,
  • similar,
  • clean-cut,
  • view,
  • orderly,
  • modest,
  • sincere,
  • disinclined,
  • survey,
  • mathematical,
  • eye.

Antonyms for Scrupulous:

• adj.

  • all
    unscrupulous.
  • extremely careful
    false, uncritical, negligent, dishonest, inaccurate, inexact, lenient, easy-going, careless, unscrupulous, undemanding, loose, uncareful, easy.
  • Other antonyms:
    perverted, impetuous, neglectful, cursory, unreliable, reckless, apathetic, rash, imprecise, debauched, undemanding, unjust, slipshod, degenerate, indecent, bold, uncritical, halfhearted, dissolute, undiscriminating, lackadaisical, negligent, regardless, depraved, incautious, lazy, corrupt, unsafe, mean, inattentive, reprobate, infamous, atrocious, evil-minded, untrustworthy, heedless, debased, sloppy, unwary, mindless, inaccurate, unguarded, slovenly, immoral, indifferent.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    irreligious, secular.

Homophones for Scrupulous:

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