| Main Entry: | thoroughness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attention to detail |
Synonyms: |
TLC, awareness, care, carefulness, concern, consciousness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, pain*, painstaking, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, spotlight*, tender loving care |
| Main Entry: | efficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adeptness, effectiveness |
Synonyms: |
ability, abundance, adaptability, address, adequacy, capability, capableness, competence, competency, completeness, economy, effectualness, efficacy, energy, expertise, facility, faculty, know-how, performance, potency, power, powerfulness, productiveness, productivity, proficiency, prowess, quantity, readiness, resourcefulness, response, skill, skillfulness, suitability, suitableness, talent, thoroughness |
| Notes: | competence is a measure of the ability to perform a task; efficiency is a measure of the success achieved in the performance of a task |
Antonyms: |
helplessness, impotence, inability, incompetence, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, weakness |
| Main Entry: | rigor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strictness, exactness |
Synonyms: |
accuracy, affliction, asperity, austerity, conscientiousness, conventionalism, difficulty, exactitude, firmness, hardness, hardship, harshness, inclemency, inflexibility, intolerance, meticulousness, obduracy, ordeal, preciseness, precision, privation, punctiliousness, rigidity, roughness, severity, sternness, stiffness, stringency, suffering, tenacity, thoroughness, traditionalism, trial, tribulation, vicissitude, visitation |
Antonyms: |
ease, elasticity, flexibility, leniency, pliability |
| Main Entry: | exactitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accuracy |
Synonyms: |
accurateness, carefulness, correctness, exactness, faultlessness, meticulousness, preciseness, precision, thoroughness |