SCRUPULOUS Synonyms

• marked by precise accordance with details

• marked by extreme care in treatment of details

• (often followed by `to') giving care or attention

• taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

• exercising caution or showing care or attention

• cautiously attentive

• unhurried and with care and dignity

• full of cares or anxiety

• mindful of the future in spending money

• characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks

• quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness

• marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact

• (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct

• lacking compromising or mitigating elements

• claim as due or just

• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

• sharply exact or accurate or delimited

• (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct

• marked by precise accordance with details

• painstakingly careful and accurate

• performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• characterized by extreme care and great effort

• of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics

• conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior

• adhering to ethical and moral principles

• free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

• (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines

• a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

• gathering of producers to promote business

• a competitive exhibition of farm products

• a sale of miscellany; often for charity

• in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating

• without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner

• not excessive or extreme

• very pleasing to the eye

• lacking exceptional quality or ability

• attractively feminine

• (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections

• gained or earned without cheating or stealing

• free of clouds or rain

• (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored

• join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly

• worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect

• adhering to ethical and moral principles

• used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting

• fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

• free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

• and nothing more

• indicating exactness or preciseness

• only a moment ago

• (used for emphasis) absolutely

• only a very short time before

• possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true)

• exactly at this moment or the moment described

• by a little

• of moral excellence

• (used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified

• (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

• concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

• the significance of a story or event

• psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect

• characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice

• morally justified

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

• mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc