'Conscientious' definitions:
Definition of 'conscientious'
From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details" [syn: conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous]
adjective
Guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice" [ant: unconscientious]
Definition of 'Conscientious'
From: GCIDE
- Conscientious \Con`sci*en"tious\, a. [Cf. F. consciencieux, LL. conscientiosus.]
- 1. Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person. [1913 Webster]
- The advice of wise and conscientious men. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions. [1913 Webster]
- A holy and conscientious course. --Abp. Tillotson.
- Syn: Scrupulous; exact; faithful; just; upright. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conscientious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accurate,
- active,
- attentive,
- careful,
- cautious,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- circumspect,
- close,
- compliant,
- conforming,
- conscionable,
- constant,
- correct,
- critical,
- deferential,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- ethical,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exquisite,
- fair,
- faithful,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fussy,
- heedful,
- high-minded,
- honest,
- honorable,
- incorruptible,
- just,
- loyal,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- minute,
- moral,
- narrow,
- nice,
- obedient,
- observant,
- overconscientious,
- overscrupulous,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- politic,
- practicing,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- priggish,
- principled,
- prudent,
- prudish,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- refined,
- regardful,
- religious,
- respectful,
- responsible,
- right,
- right-minded,
- righteous,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- serious,
- strict,
- subtle,
- tender-conscienced,
- thorough,
- true,
- upright,
- upstanding