PAINSTAKING Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word painstaking. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PAINSTAKING
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| conscientious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong adjective satellite • characterized by extreme care and great effort | ||||||||
| scrupulous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled adjective satellite • characterized by extreme care and great effort | ||||||||
| assiduous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by care and persistent effort | ||||||||
| careful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • exercising caution or showing care or attention adjective satellite • cautiously attentive • unhurried and with care and dignity • full of cares or anxiety • mindful of the future in spending money | ||||||||
| diligent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks adjective satellite • quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | ||||||||
| exacting | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures adjective satellite • severe and unremitting in making demands • requiring precise accuracy | ||||||||
| laborious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | ||||||||
| meticulous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by precise accordance with details • marked by extreme care in treatment of details | ||||||||
| precise | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • sharply exact or accurate or delimited adjective satellite • (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | ||||||||
| rigorous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard • demanding strict attention to rules and procedures | ||||||||
| thorough | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • painstakingly careful and accurate • performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial • without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | ||||||||
