CONSCIENTIOUS

conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous

(adjective) characterized by extreme care and great effort; “conscientious application to the work at hand”; “painstaking research”; “scrupulous attention to details”

conscientious

(adjective) guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; “a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

conscientious (comparative more conscientious, superlative most conscientious)

Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance.

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).

Antonyms

• capricious

• impulsive

Source: Wiktionary

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Con`sci*en"tious, a. Etym: [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. The advice of wise and conscientious men. Prescott.

2. Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions. A holy and conscientious course. Abp. Tillotson.

Syn.

– Scrupulous; exact; faithful; just; upright.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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