Synonyms for scrupulous
ˈskru pyə ləsscrupu·lous

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1. scrupulousadjective

   Synonyms:
   fair, moral, worried, painstaking, honourable, just, meticulous, righteous, ethical, minded

   Antonyms:
   unscrupulous

2. scrupulousadjective

   Exactly and carefully conducted.

   He is scrupulous in his finances.

   Synonyms:
   minded, just, fair, worried, painstaking, moral, righteous, ethical, meticulous, honourable

   Antonyms:
   unscrupulous

3. scrupulousadjective

   Having scruples or compunctions.

   He is a scrupulous businessman and always acts in the best interest of his company.

   Synonyms:
   righteous, meticulous, just, painstaking, minded, moral, fair, worried, ethical, honourable

   Antonyms:
   unscrupulous

4. scrupulousadjective

   Precise; exact or strict

   Synonyms:
   minded, moral, ethical, worried, painstaking, honourable, just, righteous, fair, meticulous

   Antonyms:
   unscrupulous

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1. scrupulous

   Synonyms:
   conscientious, dubious, diffident, punctilious, exact, cautious, nice, precise, reluctant

   Antonyms:
   reckless, unscrupulous, unhesitating, confident, self-satisfied, self-complacent, eager

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1. scrupulousadjective

   having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled

   "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance"

   Synonyms:
   painstaking, conscientious

   Antonyms:
   careless, unscrupulous

2. conscientious, painstaking, scrupulousadjective

   characterized by extreme care and great effort

   "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

   Synonyms:
   painstaking, conscientious

   Antonyms:
   unscrupulous, careless

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1. scrupulousadjective

   Synonyms:
   conscientious, punctilious, strict, nice

2. scrupulousadjective

   Synonyms:
   cautious, careful, exact, vigilant

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1. scrupulousadjective

   Synonyms:
   conscientious, exact, strict, punctilious, particular

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1. List of paraphrases for "scrupulous":

   strict, meticulous, conscientious, careful, faithful

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How to use scrupulous in a sentence?

1. Jerome K. Jerome:

   Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.

2. Josh Koskoff in a statement:

   With this many claimants, the money ends up being a symbolic gesture but it serves as an important reminder that people who keep firearms in the home must be scrupulous about securing their weapons.

3. Klaus Naumann:

   A measure of the seriousness with which Israel took its moral duties and its responsibilities under the laws of armed conflict is that in some cases Israel’s scrupulous adherence to the laws of war cost Israeli soldiers’ and civilians’ lives.

4. Joseph Conrad:

   The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement -- but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.

5. James Comey:

   [Obama] said he didn’t want to talk to me about any particular case, ‘cause he was very scrupulous about that. And he said, ‘but I want to just tell you something generally. I appointed you to be FBI director because of yoru integrity and your ability,’ and then he looked me in the eye and said, ‘nothing has happened, nothing, in the last year that has changed my view of that.’ And look, he wasn’t telling me, ‘I agree with what you did,’ he wasn’t telling me ‘you made the right decision.’ He was telling me, ‘I know where it came from, I know you’re not a partisan hack. I know you’re trying to do the right thing.’.