Synonyms for conscientious
ˌkɒn ʃiˈɛn ʃəs, ˌkɒn si-con·sci·en·tious

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1. conscientiousadjective

   Antonyms:
   impulsive, capricious

2. conscientiousadjective

   He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.

   Antonyms:
   impulsive, capricious

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1. conscientious

   Synonyms:
   scrupulous, exact, equitable, strict, upright, highprincipled

   Antonyms:
   unscrupulous, lax, unprincipled, reprobate, unconscientious

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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:
   painstaking, scrupulous

   Antonyms:
   careless, unconscionable, conscienceless, unconscientious

2. conscientiousadjective

   guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong

   "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice"

   Synonyms:
   painstaking, scrupulous

   Antonyms:
   careless, unconscionable, unconscientious, conscienceless

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1. conscientiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   scrupulous, upright, honest, just, exact, honorable, fair, uncorrupt, incorruptible, ingenuous, high-minded, straightforward

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1. conscientiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   scrupulous, just, upright, high- minded

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1. List of paraphrases for "conscientious":

   conscience, conscientiously, consciously, thorough, scrupulous, conscious, earnestly, aware, awareness, careful

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How to use conscientious in a sentence?

1. Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963:

   Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

2. Pope Francis:

   It is a right, and if a person does not allow others to be a conscientious objector, he denies a right.

3. Connecticut Senate:

   Congresswoman Esty has long been a conscientious leader in the fight against harassment and abuse in the workplace, however... if the facts of this matter involving former staff of the congresswoman’s office are as they are alleged to be in recent news articles, then Congresswoman Esty should do the right thing and resign.

4. Albert Einstein:

   The conscientious objector is a revoultionary. On deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause of working for the betterment of society.

5. George Stone:

   With this time off from travel, people are going to be making much more conscientious choices about where they're going, and so we wanted to meet that with specific ideas about what is a unique, revealing and a safe destination for the year ahead.