conscientious
English
Etymology
From Middle French conscientieux
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkɒnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
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Adjective
conscientious (comparative more conscientious, superlative most conscientious)
- Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance.
- He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
- 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 women.
Antonyms
- capricious
- impulsive
Derived terms
- conscientiously
- conscientiousness
- conscientious objector
Related terms
- conscience
Translations
thorough, careful, or vigilant
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Further reading
- conscientious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- conscientious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “vigilance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.