| Main Entry: | punctual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on time |
Synonyms: |
accurate, careful, conscientious, conscionable, constant, cyclic, dependable, early, exact, expeditious, fussy, heedful, in good time, meticulous, on schedule, on the button, on the dot, on the nose, painstaking, particular, periodic, precise, prompt, punctilious, quick, ready, recurrent, regular, reliable, scrupulous, seasonable, steady, strict, timely, under the wire |
Antonyms: |
late, tardy |
| Main Entry: | accurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | precise |
Synonyms: |
authentic, careful, close, concrete, correct, defined, definite, deft, detailed, discriminating, discriminative, distinct, exact, explicit, factual, faithful, genuine, judicious, just, literal, matter-of-fact, methodical, meticulous, on the button, on the money, on the nose, particular, proper, punctilious, punctual, regular, right, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scrupulous, severe, sharp, skillful, solid, specific, strict, systematic, true, ultraprecise, unerring, unmistakable, veracious |
Antonyms: |
careless, faulty, inaccurate, lax, vague |
| Main Entry: | conscientious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorough, careful |
Synonyms: |
complete, diligent, exact, exacting, faithful, fastidious, fussy, hanging in, hanging tough, heart and soul into, heedful, meticulous, minding p's and q's, painstaking, particular, playing safe, punctilious, punctual, reliable, tough, walking on eggs |
Antonyms: |
careless, inexact, irresponsible, uncareful, unconscientious, unscrupulous |
| Main Entry: | early |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sooner than expected |
Synonyms: |
advanced, ahead of time, anticipative, anticipatory, before appointed time, beforehand, direct, immature, immediate, matinal, on short notice, on the dot, overearly, oversoon, preceding, precipitant, precocious, preexistent, premature, previous, prompt, pronto, punctual, quick, seasonable, soon, speedy, unanticipated, unexpected, untimely |
Antonyms: |
later |
| Main Entry: | exact |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, painstaking |
Synonyms: |
conscientious, conscionable, demanding, exacting, finicky, fussy, heedful, meticulous, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, severe, strict |
Antonyms: |
approximate, careless, uncareful, unreliable |
| Main Entry: | expeditious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immediate, speedy |
Synonyms: |
active, alert, breakneck, brisk, diligent, effective, effectual, efficient, fast, fleet, hasty, instant, nimble, prompt, punctual, quick, rapid, ready, swift |
Antonyms: |
pokey, retarded, slow |
| Main Entry: | fussy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meticulous, particular |
Synonyms: |
careful, choosy, conscientious, conscionable, dainty, difficult, discriminating, exact, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fretful, fuddy-duddy, hard to please, heedful, nit-picking, overfastidious, painstaking, persnickety, picky, picky-picky, punctilious, punctual, querulous, scrupulous, squeamish, stickling |
Antonyms: |
uncritical, undemanding, unfussy |
| 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 |
| Notes: | meticulous first meant 'fearful' or 'timid' and now means 'exact, finicky, or precise'; scrupulous means 'conscientious or principled' |
Antonyms: |
careless, messy, sloppy, undetailed |
| Main Entry: | painstaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meticulous, thorough |
Synonyms: |
assiduous, by the book, by the numbers, careful, conscientious, conscionable, diligent, earnest, exact, exacting, finicky, fussbudget, fussy, hard-working, heedful, industrious, particular, persevering, persnickety*, picky, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, sedulous, stickler, strenuous, thoroughgoing |
Antonyms: |
careless, easy, half-baked, half-done, thoughtless, unmindful, unthorough |
| Main Entry: | prompt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | early, responsive |
Synonyms: |
alert, apt, brisk, eager, efficient, expeditious, immediate, instant, instantaneous, on the ball, on the button, on the dot, on the nose, on time, precise, punctual, quick, rapid, ready, smart, speedy, swift, timely, unhesitating, vigilant, watchful, wide-awake, willing |
Antonyms: |
late, negligent, slow, tardy |