| Main Entry: |
meticulous |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
detailed, perfectionist |
Synonyms: |
accurate,
cautious,
conscientious, conscionable, crossing the t's, dotting the i's,
exact,
fastidious,
fussy, heedful, microscopic, nitpicking,
painstaking,
particular,
persnickety*,
picky,
precise,
punctilious,
punctual,
scrupulous, stickling,
strict,
thorough
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| Notes: |
meticulous first meant 'fearful' or 'timid' and now means 'exact, finicky, or precise'; scrupulous means 'conscientious or principled' |
Antonyms: |
careless, messy, sloppy, undetailed
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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