Synonyms for painstaking
ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ kɪŋ, ˈpeɪnˌsteɪ-painstak·ing

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1. painstakingadjective

   Synonyms:
   careful, attentive, diligent, laborious

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1. conscientious, painstaking, scrupulousadjective

   characterized by extreme care and great effort

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

   Synonyms:
   conscientious, scrupulous

   Antonyms:
   careless

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1. painstakingadjective

   Synonyms:
   laborious, sedulous, diligent, industrious, careful, plodding, assiduous, strenuous, hard-working, persevering, sparing no pains

2. painstakingnoun

   Synonyms:
   labor, industry, assiduity, diligence, perseverance, careful toil, conscientious exertion

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1. painstakingadjective

   Synonyms:
   diligent, particular, precise, scrupulous

   Antonyms:
   slovenly, negligent

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1. List of paraphrases for "painstaking":

   arduous, laborious, strenuous, thorough, careful, tireless, hard, painful, meticulous, difficult

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1. Adam Valdez:

   We do a lot of painstaking research into how real animals move, how their muscles and skin behave ... and then in the computer, we recreate all these things, an artist, like an animator, has to sit down and actually hand animate that eye, hand animate that face so that every little subtle nuance is represented.

2. Beth McCann:

   This case has been painstaking and painful for all involved.

3. Sherlock Holmes:

   ...it's often mistaken to accept something as true merely because it's obvious. The truth is only arrived at by the painstaking process of eliminating the untrue.

4. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook:

   Ukash's removal from the battlefield is a significant blow to al-Shabaab and reflects the painstaking work by our intelligence, military, and law enforcement professionals.

5. Scott Hocknull:

   To make sure Australotitan was a different species, we needed to compare its bones to the bones of other species from Queensland and globally. This was a very long and painstaking task.